Popped it.

3lb'r. Till I weighed it. Then it lost 1/4 of a
pound.

That feeling of elation I got the other night with the success of my new fly pattern was replayed tonight. This time my satisfaction came to me via a feisty smallmouth pounding one of the poppers I produced.

........a satisfying moment.

It wasn't what I would call a stellar evening. I landed a few bass, lost a few, but it was no where near as good as it had been up till the last two days.................I think I may already have become spoiled. If this continues much longer, I may have to start looking at different tactics. Till now I have been going with what works, but it ain't really working anymore.

.........thank you Mr. Bass!

To that end, one thing I tried today, was casting a popper over a likely piece of water. It was 5 - 7 ft deep, adjacent to a previously productive bed. There was a good chop on the water, also an indicator that a surface lure might be the ticket. I was kind of shocked that it got a response on the first cast, albeit about 7' from the boat just as I was about to pull out and make another cast. This was a popper that started as a block of wood which I crafted into a pretty handsome lure, if I do say so myself. I probably was more intent on landing this particular than any other in recent memory. The next cast also garnered a whack, but I lost the fish in short order. Kind of a good sign as far as topwater goes. Far more surface action today than in over a week.........but that isn't really saying much.