abel fly fishing rods TR Reel Colorado. Rock Hopper S-Glass 5 1/2

Popping & Gliding The most obvious time to throw topwater poppers is when fish are actively feeding on bunker schools, as they corral the schools and push them to the waters surface and then pummel the baitfish from below

We often recommend high-performance fluorocarbon and braided lines from Berkley

To date I've never broken off braid while ice fishing, yet I've lost fish that had snapped off monofilament against the ice edge or because of unanticipated blazing runs from a big fish

Choose based on how much visibility you want above the water versus in the water

But it is also a great bait when swimming it or bouncing it off and around cover

Thats no coincidence