A smallmouth bass caught with a popper on the Greenbrier River in WV ... make it the Clouser Minnow in chartreuse and white. It's a classic for a reason, and that reason is it flat out catches ...

chartreuse, or black. Poppers and prop lures can be fished the same way and they’re two of the best smallmouth bass lures. Deliver the bait to a likely spot and let the ripples settle.

Poppers and divers are my go-to for ... The Clouser Minnow is like the Swiss Army knife of flies for smallmouth bass—it does it all. In chartreuse and white, it mimics a wounded baitfish when ...

A lot of angers get overwhelmed when searching for the best bass flies. They see the staggering number of soft plastics, jigs, and other baits used by the conventional crowd and think they have to ...

Poppers are best for targeted presentations ... segment of 12-pound fluorocarbon leader and a white or chartreuse bead-chain fly. If a bass misses your topwater, an immediate follow-up cast ...

In offshore saltwater fishing, tuna anglers routinely rip massive poppers across the surface, but many folks don’t realize this works in freshwater as well. In fact, legendary bass angler Rick Clunn ...

McQuiston is a proponent of the "popper and dropper" arrangement where ... This is irresistible to bream and even bass. "I've caught a 3-pound bass on that number 12 dropper," said McQuiston.

If you've never fished for smallmouth bass with a fly rod ... and their willingness to smash a topwater popper puts them high on my list of favorite fish to catch. 1. Clouser Minnow If you ...