check out flyanglersonline. Fly of the week, creative foam tying. Jim Hatch is a master of foam flies, great idea for popper bodies. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Rouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:08 AM Subject: [VFB] Popper bodies, cork or balsa?
> I would like to ask the experts on the BB for help in a problem I am > currently facing. > > I have several hard bass and panfish poppers with cork bodies covered in > epoxy. They work well, but cork is getting expensive and is fairly hard to > shape. Balsa wood is cheaper and easy to cut and I am wondering whether I > could switch to that. The bodies would continue to be epoxied and painted, > the only difference would be the core body material. > > Does anyone have any preference, or does balsa have any drawbacks that I > have not thought of? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get dial-up Internet access now with our best offer: 6 months @$9.95/month! > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > >
