These are craft foam plugs. Cut a slit and SA glue a kink shank hook in. Paint and dress as desired. Pretty straight forward. There is a smaller size , but I have to find them in a craft store and refuse to pay more for shipping than the 99 cents for the item on-line.
Theses are a bit more complicated but require no finish other than dressing with tailing material.
Even more complicated but very fun to make. This was for a pike diver, but finished shape possibilities are endless.
A. Rough block of dense urethane foam. (shown about 1"x1"x1.5")
B. Corners knocked off with 2" finish nail driven through center as a mandrel.
C. After chucking up in mounted drill or dremel (I did both) the block was turned to a straight cylinder.
D. Turned to final shape using small chisel set and sand paper.
E. Nail removed after 'stem' turned down to nothing.
F. Bottom sanded flat.
G. Wapsi 2/0 Saltwater Perfect Popper hook
H. Epoxied to hook and entire head coated with epoxy
I. Finished painted head ready to be dressed.
Cant find the pics of my balsa. will post when I locate them.
Previous thread on balsa bodies
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/s...6-Balsa-Bodies
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