Thomas,

I had a few of these I picked up at a swap meet. The original vinyl tail skirts on them had rotted, so I replaced them with new silicone skirts I had on hand.

They cast like crap. I don't know if they are too heavy, or if they have too little wind resistance, but I didn't enjoy throwing them. Hit the water very hard, kind of jerky on the backcast like a too heavy clouser. Even the 9 wt. didn't seem to 'like' these poppers. Only rod I have that cast these even close to smoothly was an old 7 wt. cane rod...maybe the slower and heavier rod is what they were made for?

They do have a nice action on the water, though, and the bass like them.

With modern materials you can easily make a similar shaped bait that would be lots lighter and give you the same action on the water.

Buddy