I'm getting good results from Lefty's Potomac River Popper. Use yellow estaz and yellow squirrel tail. A good picture of the critter can be found at:
http://www.easterntrophies.com/catalog/ I follow Lefty's advise and don't paint the cork. The natural works as well as painted. They catch bass and gills real good. Use a bent hook, size 8-10, designed for poppers. Corks are available at Michaels. Shave off a side of the cork, and cut a groove in the flat place with a hack saw blade. Make sure the eye of the hook is level with the bottom of the flat part. Glue it to the hook; tie in a tuft of squirrel tail for the tail, wrap a bunch of estaz or other sparkly chennile around between the cork and the tail, and bang! You've got a great popper. Bigger poppers catch bigger fish, but you know what, I've caught pretty good bass on a size 8. --- Steve, In Maryland http://stevebrettell.point2homes.biz ____________________________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
