Foam poppers

[Pork Chop]

Since I starting fishing for bluegills some 45 years ago, poppers have always been my favorite top water bug, trouble is they are sometimes time consuming to tie, and sometimes fragile in use. For the past several years, I've been tying flip flop spiders, I was happy with both their performance and durability. I recently was going thru my old bookmarks, and saw a link to a site I saw probably a year back. It was about forming foam using a dremel tool as a mini lathe. I decided to give it a shot, and was happy with the results -

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/uploads/5127/popper5.JPG


http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/uploads/5127/popper1.JPG

[jmckeon]

those turned out really nice.

i have been looking for a way to make some of my own poppers would you be willing to post the link?

[ESOX]

Thats a great idea.

[Pork Chop]

those turned out really nice.

i have been looking for a way to make some of my own poppers would you be willing to post the link?

I've posted some step by step pics on my blog

http://www.freewebs.com/fountainheadflyfish/apps/blog/

Let me know if you have any questions. It's very simple and straight forward once you get started.

[Mstash]

http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/corner.asp?page=4

These are bomb proof
Lift off the water better than any other foam body.

Mstash

[rangerman]

Do a google on Jim Hatch Dremel Bug. This guy has taken foam bugs to the next level.