Popper newbie..... try this. epoxy or super glue foam to hook. Prepare hook by wrapping with thread. take two hackles and using two matched pairs curved opposite each other.Tie them in and then finish with a double hackle wrap up to tail of popper body. Match the feathers to the body. The double curves in the tail creates motion.
"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" >To: >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 > > > > --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.
