Well I have posted a good many of the hard foam poppers on here, but thought I would also show a soft foam popper.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ps87ebac99.jpg
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Well I have posted a good many of the hard foam poppers on here, but thought I would also show a soft foam popper.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ps87ebac99.jpg
Awesome popper Skip. :ThumbsUp
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Originally Posted by stump hunter
skip, where did you get the soft foam?
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Originally Posted by dandeman
Bet they last longer than the hard ones in the rough stuff.Used to get some good Bass with some frog patterns that headed straight for the lily pads and grass once they felt the hook.. 2 or 3 of those and the Popper looked pretty bad. Nice work Skip.
"WOW" outstanding Prefection!!!!!!
Those will be dangerous to the fish. Federal law will insist you attach a warning sign on them. "Eating this will make you end up in a frying pan." Excellent work Skip. Might have to tie myself up a few tonight. As a matter of fact, I think I will cut off a few shotgun ear plugs to get the square front and have a go at them.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
Thanks guys! I have some like this all painted up and all, but also have a bunch that don't have the eyes and don't have the rubber legs yet also. This one kind of makes it easy, but still have to make them so the hook is stuck in good and tie the tail and collar hackle.
check out craft stores - I bought some that comes in 8-1/2 X 11 sheets. If you need thicker than you can buy, you can laminate layers.
when looking up the definition of soft foam popper this should be the picture you see
skip a very nice tie sir
Thanks short Grub I appreciate that. I have some that already have the legs in them and some that don't, yet anyway as I will probably add some.
skip those are fantastic looking poppers .
would it be possible to post a few instructions as to how you get the foam to stay in place????
nice lookin popper! i recomend getting cheap pedicure slippers for foam flies.got some for cheap off amazon in a few different colors.i take empty .38 special case and cut round pieces out of the foam and stack them on the hook.i tie down a small layer of thread on the hook shank up to the hook eye where i decide i want the foam pieces to stay and use super glue to tack them in place.
Well there are several different material wise popper bodies you can get, hard foam and soft like this one. I have done more of the hard ones, but I bought a lot of these a couple months back. Anyway with the hard ones they even come with a hook and that hook has a double bend in mid shank to help keep the hook from turning. You still need a great thread base and all that, plus you epoxy the hook to the head (there is a slit in the bottom you use to hold the hook) once in place. Then painting this one is a bit of a chore which I want to learn more about using an air brush as I think that may be easier than using a brush like I do not.Quote:
Originally Posted by polarcrafter
On the soft ones they say you can use these same hooks, but I don't know about that because the bent ones are shorter so you would have to use a bigger hook than it called for. What I did with this one is use a streamer hook which is probably a 3x long hook and I put a really solid thread base and built it just a little, then I made sure it would push through the popper and once in place I pulled it back some and put super glue all over the thread and slid the popper back in place. It seems solid and I think it will hold up, but not tested in action yet.
:Rofl Aagh! Ships got jokes! LOL
That sure is one nicely tied popper, I could use a handfull this coming spring.
very nice work indeed.