Garry: That "bump" is a curve in the hook shank to keep the popper head from
being able to spin around on the hook shank.. I pre glue the shank and then
just push the head down till it bottoms out in the slit, then I fill in the
slit with CA or epoxy, then I touch up paint the slit..... Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garry V. Wiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Popper Question
Allan, Chuck, Don and Gang,
Thanks for the tips so far. First off - the body's are already painted
and have slits in the bottoms. Looking up thru the slit, I see white
foam -- it looks like the hard packed polystyrene foam. I'm not sure of
the hook size, but I'd guess 4ish in size and there's a bump in the shank.
The shank itself seems long too, but I know I need room to tie on some
sort of tail (I have 2 green heads and 1 black one. I'm going to try a
split deer hair tail and a split hackle tail (ala Allan's idear). I'm
hoping for bass and larger 'gills to hit on these. It's a hard foam type
Don and I might add some sort of coating to them after I've tied them,
either Sally Jensens Hard-as-Nails or I have some Flex-Coat or Fleximent
around here to use too.
My other questions about the bump is do I push the body down on the bump
so that the head fits 'flat' or how you would think it should look on
there, or should I let the gap that I know is going to be there if I don't
stay? Would pictures help to describe the hook?
Thanks so far and sorry for any confusion.
Garry
At 12:33 PM 3/10/2007, you wrote:
Garry,
What species of fish will you be targeting?
What size poppers did you get?
Are they the hard-body or soft foam body type?
Don
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From: "Garry V. Wiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 8:54 AM
Subject: [VFB] Popper Question
> Happy Saturday Gang,
>
> New question for ya. I picked up a Spirit River Performance Popper
> Pack - I wanted a do some quick and easy poppers for this
> spring. The package comes with pre-painted foam bodies as well as
> the hooks with the kink in it as well. My question is, where do you
> space the body across the hook? Do you press the foam into the hook
> and kink to help place the body? I know all I pretty much have to do
> is put a tail on the hook and them glue/epoxy the body on (hence
> quick and sleazy). Any and all help will be appreciated.
>
>
> Garry
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