The first fish I ever caught on a fly rod were all caught using poppers! I love those flies!

I was trying to teach my son fly casting a couple years ago at a local pond. I had a popper tied on since they're so easy to see (in the air and on the water)...the baby large mouth bass couldn't leave it alone.

The local craft stores sell a small marshmellow-looking foam cylinder that's probably even easier than using those popper bodies. Just poke a hole in it where you want to feed in the hook and you're all set.

Much easier even than gluing up stacks of craft foam and cutting your own cylinders (which I've done for making foam bodies with bumble-bee colors...).

Thanks for the tip.