The bump is to keep the hook from twisting in the body, and to keep the bend aligned properly. Cover the shank with thread and glue and poke it in, with the eye just in front of the face of the body. Lefty Kreh, on his Potomac River Popper, uses squirrel tail for the tail on the popper, but a size four may require marabou. Put a wrap or two of glitzy chenille or a loud saddle hackle between the tail and body to give the outline some substance. Saddle hackle also wiggles around like legs.
Steve Maryland On 3/10/07, Garry V. Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 > >----- Original Message ----- >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 > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.8/714 - Release Date: 3/8/2007 >10:58 AM > > > >
