Sorry for the late response. Yes, being from SW PA where trout fishing is mediocre most of the year, I fish for bass on top more than I fish for trout. I use cork and foam bugs. My favorite is the white skipping minnow and green and yellow Gaines popper. I love to wet wade on the edges of lilly pads and fish the edges and clear pockets. When the bass are on, it's a blast. Sometimes you get surprised with a hog or something even bigger...
Two years ago, I was fishing with very small poppers, targeting panfish. I had an old Fenwick 6 weight and was having a ball when something VERY big roll on my bug and took off away from the pads like a bat out of hell. I knew right way it was a big hybrid striper because in the past I caught many from the same lake... but never out of the pads. Anyway, this thing is ripping line off my Pflueger and unfortunately I had very little backing. I didn't stand a chance. Got to the end and "POP" he was gone. It was the one and only time I got lined while flyfishing.
Moral of the story: Fish well armed because you never know.