HenryDavid
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Monday evening I was hoping to catch the tail end of the white fly hatch on the Susquehanna North Branch in the Harding - Apple Tree boat launch area. I got to the river around 5pm and struggled to get any bites on the spinning gear until one smallie hit my jig and ended the drought, that would be it until the white flies came around. It was a light to medium hatch but enough to get the bass interested. I had a small white popper with rubber legs and a feather tail that I wanted to try early on and a few smaller bass took it. Once the white flies were on the water and bass were rising I hooked a nice 14 inch smallie on the same small popper and thought I had it all figured out, but after the smallie chewed on the popper no more legs or feathers, just a small white pill and the bass were not taking it. So I tied on a white popper that Melvin P had made, it was a slight bit larger and had a hackle tail that resembled the long tail of the naturals on the water, no wings, no rubber legs, just the body and tail. Well it proved to be just the ticket and I got 2 bombers on it before the action ended.