A friend who works at a sign shop just told me he was experimenting with some sign scraps for poppers. Used to be carved signs were made of redwood or similiar woods. These days the industry standard is High Density Urethane or HDU. It is commercially available under brand names such as Signfoam.
HDU is available in a variety weights, the higher the weight the harder the foam. It shapes more easily than balsa (for much of the signfoam shaping he does do he uses Scotchbrite), once primed it takes a variety of finishes from acrylic to automotive paint to gold leaf. He finds it easier to cast than wood and just as durable. Also a plus is if you have a sign shop in your area that makes carved signs chances are they have a dumpster FULL of small scraps you could have as an endless supply of great popper material. Ginger M. Allen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre Bombardier Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] popper fly's Steve, If you are lloking for things like panfish, bass and saltwater poppers, here are some pictures and recipes from my webpages: http://chemprof.tripod.com/bfrog.htm http://chemprof.tripod.com/balsafry.html http://chemprof.tripod.com/slider.htm http://chemprof.tripod.com/pnfpop.htm http://chemprof.tripod.com/basspan.htm http://chemprof.tripod.com/mpopper.html http://chemprof.tripod.com/swfpop.htm http://members.tripod.com/~Chemprof/popper.html All of these are either sliders or poppers. Most have balsa bodies, but there are a few foam bodied poppers. I've not spun much deer hair in the past few years except to make small mice patterns, so there aren't any deer hair examples. Mark Delaney --- Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for pictures of popper flies. > > So I can get some ideas and tie some, > > Make sense, thanks. > > > > Steve Clark > > Moreno Valley California. > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
