Pops That sounds good to me. Specially since I did something last night I had no idea I was gonna do. I have hundreds of popper heads in a big pllastic Hobby Lobby craft box, sorted by colors, sizes etc, but instead, I went online to J. R. Stockard late last night and ordered different popper heads. So, it sounds like I am the one who needs to get my bearings.
If anybody is wondering how to "drill out" good homemade popper heads, get the 2mm sticky backed foma from Wal Mart, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or any crafts store, glue them together then go to Harbor Freight and order the set of "cutters" listed in the link below. They work GREAT. They also sell a hand unch set, but I found that these that attach to your drill work a LOT better as long as you don't let the bits get so hot that they start to melt the foam. http://www.harborfreight.com/6-piece-hollow-punch-set-67030.html If they work sooo great, then why didn't you use them you big dummy you might be asking yourself about me?? I know that's what my wife asked me when I told her to subtract my order from the bank's balance LOL, but the ones I ordered are a hard foam and are "molded" into a shape that I cannot make. Well, yes I can, using either hard foam, or balsa wood, and my dremel tool, but I was too lazy for that, and they are pretty cheap from Stockard's #1, (about 30 cents each I think, when it takes me 30 minutes to carve one out of hard foam and/or balsa doing it myself, and #2 I needed some other items from them as well, so I figured that if I'm going to pay a shipping charge for $10, might as well pay the SAME shipping fee on a $50 order. And not only that, but we all know that opening a Fly Tying order (at least for me it is) like a kid at Christmas, opening the presents to see what Santa brought me LOL... Oh, and NO, I don't get a kickback fro Stockards. I was going to order from Jann's Netcraft, but I needed a spool or scarlet red silk thread and Jann's don't carry it. Speaking of that, does anybody know of a site that no matter what tying materials one might need, they almost always have it ALL??? Reason I ask is that S&H think. I'd rather hav only one S&H charge. Janns and Stockards comes pretty close, but like I said, I needed that silk thread as it makes heads that I guess the fish think look like gills and they catch more fish, but regular tying thread gets wet with head cement and turns a darker color than the silk thread does, and I can tell a difference in the number of fish I catch using the silk vs other types of thread. Go figure since fish have a brain the size of a pea LOL.. Chuck From: mailto:[email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 7:43 PM To: "Panfish" ; VFB Subject: [flyfishingandflytyingforpanfish] Yes, yet another Popper swap update. 8:40 p.m. EDT, 8?16/14 Indianapolis Colts: 20. New York Giants: 0 Oh. Sorry. I got distracted. The popper swap is already up to 11 entries. 5 to go. Let's tempt people: The more I think about building 15 poppers when I have to learn how, two months does not seem sufficient time. Especially since my vise is in the shop getting new bearings. Now if I could only get some new bearings installed in myself.......... NEW DEADLINE: Fifteen (15) poppers mailed in time for me to have RECEIVE them by November 30. You'll then get your swap flies as an early Christmas present. Current popper swap entries. 1. Al Fish - Cork popper of some variety 2. Chuck Alexander 3. Peggy Brenner 4. Jerry Caruso 5. Rene Zillman - Deer hair poppers. 6. Bob Hendry 7. Wayne Blake-Hedges 8. Rick Zieger - Foam Bee popper 9. Tony Spezio - Cork Poppers covered with Mylar Braid 10. Jack Lehman - six-weight bass popper of some sort. 11. Salty Dan Harriman 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN __._,_.___ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Allan Fish <[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply via web post * Reply to sender * Reply to group * Start a New Topic * Messages in this topic (1) Visit Your Group * Privacy * Unsubscribe * Terms of Use . __,_._,___ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3485 / Virus Database: 3955/8049 - Release Date: 08/16/14 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
