First attempt wood poppers

[Tig]

Took a while but had lots of time anyways. Next batch should go quicker.



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[Tig]

Final flies

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[lee s]

NICE Tig,
Outta be fun tossing those.
.....lee s.

[James Smith]

Nice work! Don't forget to post photos of the fish you catch with them.

Jim Smith

[Philly]

Nice job. I just do have the patience or skill to work with wood or cork. They should catch fish for you.

[lastchance]

those look really nice.

[BadBug]

Very nice. Good job.

Dennis

[dave potts]

Those look darn good, but I would suggest you use a longer hook to allow for a better hook set.

[Tig]

Dave
You are absolutely correct. I had #4 & #6 kinkshank hooks. I should have used the larger ones on the smaller bodies and purchased some #2s for
the larger ones but I got anxious to finish (and lazy). We'll see what happens. I'm calling this a practice run. I plan on doing a better job on the finish and airbrushing some as soon as I can get some paint supplies.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

[Uncle Jesse]

When I started making poppers I couldn't find kinkshank hooks I learned a layer or two of thread on the hook would secure it to the body along with the cement I was going to use either way.