Popper And Jig

 POPPER AND JIG

In fly-fishing, the "popper dropper rig" is popular. Its a floating, attractor-type, like a popper or foam fly,with a small nymph fly tied to trail below in the water. 

But its not exclusive to fly fishing...in, fact it may be derived from gear fishing techniques as described in this article from the 1970's...and the article describes it as, "old school!"

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"Here’s an old school tactic you may have read about in fishing articles over the years, targeting a variety of species. I’m not even sure if it had a name, but you’ll probably recognize it easily enough. 

You tie on a surface popper lure as an attractor, then run a 12”-18” dropper line down to a small jig. In theory, the popper gets the attention of the fish, because of the noise and commotion, then, when the fish comes to investigate....he see's the smaller jig dancing below and eats it.

The first photo shows this setup as featured in a 1979 Elmer Guerri story on white bass fishing that appeared in Fishing Facts magazine. Its a Hula Popper with the jig attached.

The second photo is of a modification that Rebel actually sold, the Drop Pop R. With it, you ran the line through the body (no line tie) and then tied it to a dressed treble at the rear of the bait after running it first through a worm sinker and colored bead. At any point during the retrieve, you could stop and drop the treble below the popper and trigger a bite…well, that was the theory 😊 

I never was a fan, but I believe it was geared toward schooling fish, which I never seemed to run into much on my waters."