I would think you can trim the earplug to make a hopper body. What I was doing was to put a split in the bottom of the earplug, wrap the hook shank with thread. Tie on a few splayed saddle feathers for the tail, then glue the earplug to the hook. After the glue was dry, I would shape the foam for a popper, gugler or slider, color it if I wanted a different color,(they were yellow) glue some doll eyes on it. At times, I would leave the earplug "as is" to make a lot of noise on the water. I used to work where I ran jet engines, we went through the earplugs like candy. After running the engines, I would collect all the discardrd earplugs. I still have some of those poppers in my "bass" stuff. If someone would like to post a photo or two, I can take a couple and send them out. Tony
--- Michael Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tony, > > What was the tip? They should be good for > grasshoppers then shouldn't they? > > Mike > > > On 7/28/06, Anthony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I started making bass bugs from the yellow ear > plugs > > back in 1988. I got a 50.00 award from a magazine > for > > the tip on making them. > > Tony > > > > --- Michael Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Pete, Wes or anyone, > > > > > > No one responded to my query if the childs life > > > perserver would be the right > > > foam - any idea? > > > > > > Second, what about the foam ear plugs we have in > our > > > shops for noise > > > reduction? I am thinking if it is the right > kind, > > > split in half it might > > > make a nice grasshopper. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
