Not happening

Hi Folks, Spent a really nice afternoon in the canoe casting flies to smallmouth bass.  Surface temperature of the water was 72 degrees with a steady north wind. Very unstable weather and we were spared thunderstorms for a change.  Awful wet June and July looks to start out that way.  Our rivers need a break from the constant rain.  I believe it has rained in some form or another for the last 2 and half weeks.  Complete and total opposite from last year.  So, back to fishing yesterday.  Cast poppers all afternoon to dusk.  We fished shady shorelines and tried several different water types.  We fished an area with good cobble on the banks to sharp dropping shorelines with big boulders and rock faces to woody and weedy areas.  We caught 3 small bass and missed two other fish. Pretty slow.  Each fish we caught did strike the popper aggressively.  Fished a larger #4 frog fly pattern with rubber legs.  I guess we should have got down and dirty with sinking flies and lines, but I hate sub surfacing fishing bass with the fly.  What I can I say, I am top water guy.  Well, day off from fishing, then at it for the next two weeks straight.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  have fun, Willy