I prefer top water, size 8 to 12 standard or fun foam poppers, gurglers and Chernobyl Ants, same size as the poppers, usually tied on 3XL or 4 XL hooks, Tony's Froggie. At times I'll tie a dropper to a larger popper, usually a bead head green weenie, white, black and fluorescent yellow also work. Sometimes a BHPT. Subsurface, I like small baitfish patterns. This year I'm trying a pattern I learned over the winter, called a Hoo Fly, 1-2" long. Tied on small SC15s or Mosquito hooks.