A smallmouth bass caught with a popper on the Greenbrier River in WV. / photo by Chase McCoy If you've never fished for smallmouth bass with a fly rod ... I love fishing for largemouth, but ...

A Diver fly will dive down a few inches on the strip and then float back up. A popper with a concave face ... Smallmouth bass fishing is a blast. It's one of my favorite species to target.