Hi Ginger, I'd be interested in the photo as well.
Thanks, Ken On 7/7/05, Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds cool! > > Please send me a photo. > > Thank you > > Ed Engelman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > At 08:57 AM 7/7/2005, you wrote: > >I was just experimenting with popper patterns. There's not much to > >buying a preformed body to teach my class so I was looking for more. > >Anthony Hipps was tying poppers at the SE conclave and he was building > >the bodies with the flat foam sheets. Since I won a box of his poppers > >in the raffle I examined them more closely. > > > >I ended up with what looks like a tootsie roll looking crease fly. For > >the pencil popper used a long shank hook. I tied in a tail. Using mono > >thread I tied a narrow piece of white foam along and around the hook > >shank (like the underbody of a gurgler). Then I tied a second piece of > >foam that only went half way down the hook shank over and around that > >piece. This foam is about 1/8 inch back from hook eye as it becomes a > >sunken face cup. Whip finish. Measured a a piece of foam to wrap around > >this foam underbody. Trimmed it to taper around hook point. Put super > >glue on foam underbody. Snuggly wrap overbody around it. Overbody should > >extend 1/8 out from front to create cup face. I squeezed the seam shut > >with my fingernails. I used permanent marker to color a green stripe > >down the back and added some black stripes and red gill lines. Added > >some of my vinyl t-shirt paint eyes. Then coated with Scalze hard head > >or epoxy. I took a photo if anyone wants one. Also had fun with the > >multi colored crazy foam as an exterior on one, looks great. > > > >I will also get a copy of Anythony's original concept. His finished > >product looks like the old time original bream/bass cup faced tapered > >popper. Like half a tea cup? > > > > > >Ginger M. Allen > >Senior Biological Scientist > >Florida Master Naturalist Program Coordinator > >www.MasterNaturalist.org > >University of Florida/IFAS > >Southwest Florida Research & Education Center > >2686 State Road 29 North > >Immokalee, FL 34142 > >FAX 239-658-3469 > >PH 239-658-3400; SunCom 974-3400 > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Behalf Of Mark Delaney > >Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:42 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Poppers.. > > > >I like to tie popper with balsa, but I've also made them with cork, > >foam, or deer hair. Balsa poppers are my favorite to make.... > > > >Mark Delaney > > > >On 7/6/05, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Does anybody fish with.. or tie poppers???? I'm wondering if you use > > > Styrofoam, cork, something else??? I have caught a lot of bluegills > > > with them.. Just wondering, Chuck > > > > > > > > >-- > >"So much water, so little time!" > > > >http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html > > >
