I also had a great fall fly fishing for "sunnies". That is one good thing about the lakes here around Eagan. They are loaded with panfish and that provides many good fly fishing opportunities.
I wanted to chuck ad in for this knot tying tool because it looks to be a very good and useful tool. Please check it out if your interested. Let me know what you think. I also included the link below because this gentleman has a fabulous website with many designs regarding tube flies. I'm very anxious to tie some of his creations.
Steelhead Alley Flytying
Do enjoy and please stop by again, I'm hoping to get some more pictures up.
Enjoy!