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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Pierre Bombardier Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2005 11:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] Poppers..build your own As would I,. you can send it to either this address or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Mark Delaney --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would be interested in a pic > > "Allen,Ginger M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - no fees. Bid on great items. http://auctions.yahoo.com/
