Gills on Boogle Bug poppers

Yesterday, first gill hit a elbow spinner plastic, tried various other plastic baits with no action. Switched to a Boogle Bug popper and scored on a few before leaving. Today, again that popper was the ticket for some nice gills. Pics from both days.Attachment 436925Attachment 436926Attachment 436927Attachment 436928Attachment 436929Attachment 436930Attachment 436931Attachment 436932Attachment 436933

Beautiful gills! Thanks for sharing your adventure

More nice fish. I need a good day with a popper but the river here is so high I can now fish in the woods.

Those are some pretty gills . Topwater gills are fun !

looks fun! did you use a flyrod for the popper?

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Originally Posted by moonrunner

Yesterday, first gill hit a elbow spinner plastic, tried various other plastic baits with no action. Switched to a Boogle Bug popper and scored on a few before leaving. Today, again that popper was the ticket for some nice gills. Pics from both days.Attachment 436925Attachment 436926Attachment 436927Attachment 436928Attachment 436929Attachment 436930Attachment 436931Attachment 436932Attachment 436933

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Originally Posted by flymoron

looks fun! did you use a flyrod for the popper?

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No flyrod taken, had to improvise using a small float with enough weight to cast popper. Very easy fix. Thanks.

Nice looking Gills and pictures !

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Originally Posted by moonrunner

No flyrod taken, had to improvise using a small float with enough weight to cast popper. Very easy fix. Thanks.

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This is how I always do it. I use those round foam spring loaded type, and if I don't have one that is weighted I just put a small split shot right at the bottom of the float, with the popper about 20" down from the float. That set up on a 6'6" to 7' spinning rod for plenty of leverage for a hook and were off to the races.

Those are some nice ones

Nice job. Never thought about using a float as the weight on a popping bug