I just finished making some small bass poppers out of balsa wood. I found the paint at wal-mart for less than 2 dollars and it is an acrylic paint that cleans up very well. Let me know what you think.
Good looking poppers. Great paint job.
Dave
Beautiful job on the flies, I like the one on the right the blue spots are interesting. I think blue is probably an under used color for popping bugs. What size hook are those?
Very nice job!
Cool bugs; nicely done.
Regards,
Scott
Beautiful poppers, thanks for sharing. When I take the time to make really nice poppers, I find that I am reluctant to toss them right up next to submerged trees and brush as I hate to lose them. That’s why I switched over to making foam poppers on a Dremel. 2-3 minutes and the body is reay to go so I don’t feel so badly if I lose one when a bass dives bak into the brush.
Jim Smith
Which attachment do you use on the Dremel?
Nice job on the poppers. I just received some premaid bodies and may give it a shot myself. Thanks for the inspiration. I like the spots on the last one. It looks like you let it drip and run.
I use foam turned down with a dremel, you can use a small finish nail that is sharpened to hold the foam…
Apologies. These are quick “old phone” pictures. Here’s the dremel grinding tip I use and foam ready to be shaped. Note a red/white head in the middle of the group that has been preliminaryily formed. To hold the foam while grinding, I pierce it with an embroidery needle (Boye 7/1.65mm) ground to a point. There is a nice flat area for holding it still and a round shaft for turning when you need to rotate the foam. If the foam slips on the point, you can insert it to the beginning of the flat part and it will absolutely NOT rotate.
Simple or complex.
You can spend lots of time making balsa baits, turn down foam on a dremel lathe, or just glue a roughly shaped piece of foam/cork/balsa to a hook.
All of them will catch fish.
I do like them pretty, though.
The one on the left is foam, the others are balsa.
Buddy
Good looking poppers. Always enjoy seeing all the custom work.
Those are nice poppers Buddy. Good work with the feathers.
What size are the bugs and what was the paint you bought at Walmart. Very nice looking poppers.
Hi Coach. Do you have a photo sequence of a popper being shaped?
Insane job! those are beautiful. Tight lines.
Okay. I’ll send a FOTW that’ll explain everything whenever it gets posted.
I love ya’lls wood work. They are beautiful. Best I can muster up is foam poppers
