More Poppers Tied For Display At Raffles

[navigator37 0]

Incredible works of art!

[FishyboY 0]

cool beans......i love hand painted poppers. are you using premade popper bodies?

[Stippled Popper 0]

cool beans......i love hand painted poppers. are you using premade popper bodies?

 

 

Yes. I use pre-made Hard Foam, Soft Foam, and Cork(when I can get it).

 

It takes enough time as it is. But there are a couple in the back of my mind somewhere

that, were they ever to move forward, would require me to shape my own.

[FishyboY 0]

cork IMHO is the best to use!!!!! but foam also works good!

[smokinprice 0]

cool beans......i love hand painted poppers. are you using premade popper bodies?

 

 

Yes. I use pre-made Hard Foam, Soft Foam, and Cork(when I can get it).

 

It takes enough time as it is. But there are a couple in the back of my mind somewhere

that, were they ever to move forward, would require me to shape my own.

 

I too like to use cork. However, it seems as of late it is hard to find. J Stockard is out of them and have been since last year. WTF?

 

Anyways, I spent all day tying my poppers and will have some photos up later. Rest assured there Stipple that they arent as good as yours.

[Stippled Popper 0]

cool beans......i love hand painted poppers. are you using premade popper bodies?

 

 

Yes. I use pre-made Hard Foam, Soft Foam, and Cork(when I can get it).

 

It takes enough time as it is. But there are a couple in the back of my mind somewhere

that, were they ever to move forward, would require me to shape my own.

 

I too like to use cork. However, it seems as of late it is hard to find. J Stockard is out of them and have been since last year. WTF?

 

Anyways, I spent all day tying my poppers and will have some photos up later. Rest assured there Stipple that they arent as good as yours.

 

 

I have a back order for pre-formed cork bodies that is several months old. That is why I said "when I can get it". The other thing is that some of the smaller cork bodies you receive in a batch are too pitted to do anything with other than to make poppers for my own use. When I called the firm I ordered from I told them to keep me on the wait list.

 

"Rest assured there Stipple that they arent as good as yours." Then get crackin' buddy. I don't want to become complacent about what I am doing.

[FishyboY 0]

do you think you could do a step by step sometime?

[YAKATTACK FLY FLINGER 0]

I came up with the two poppers I recently posted with the Rio Grand Cichlid to put in shadow boxes and be donated to help support my local fly fishing club during our annual conclave.

 

Here are the others I've done over the last five or so years along with a couple of others. Usually do a few of each so I have one for my own collection.

 

 

This one was part of the first batch... copies of Dave Whitlock Deer Hair patterns

 

 

Tied using a salt water popper body

 

 

Many of you will recognize this as after the Loudmouth Bass

 

 

My Crappie or Sac-a-lait in my part of the country.

From the black line of weed along the bottom you can see I've fished this one.

 

 

Blue Pencil Popper

 

 

Green Pencil Popper

 

 

Faux Deer Hair

 

 

My take on a Brookie

 

 

My take on a Largemouth Bass

 

 

This one I tied to fish

 

 

Just playing with Black and Gray

 

 

Mr. Spots

 

 

Sometimes I do other types of flies

 

Badeebahduh Badeebahduh Badeebahduh thats all folks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VERY NICE POPPERS...GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP INDEED. LOVE YOUR TECHNIQUE.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO PAINT IT & COAT IT FOR THE FINISHED POPPER.

YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME TO TRY ONE MYSELF. I HAVE BEEN TYING FOR 15 YEARS.

 

 

THANKS,

 

EDDIE

 

[DoctorD 0]

These are the best/nicest poppers I have ever seen.

Lanning

[Stippled Popper 0]

Yakattack - Eddie

 

Small ones take anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes to paint and clear coat. Larger ones can take anywhere from 30 minutes to nearly four hours depending on how much of the smaller stippling is applied and the complexity of the design.

 

DoctorD - Lanning

 

Thank you. However, Pelhament and Japasam, to name just two others, have some impressive work displayed here too.

[Stippled Popper 0]

I ordered a dozen cork bodies and received something much larger than expected. The only hooks I had big enough for it were saltwater hooks. In looking around for inspiration for something to do with them, my eye was caught by a perch slider pattern posted by smalliestalker. The image doesn't do the head justice. It will serve as is, but may be tweaked a bit down the road. The tail is still a work it progress. Me thinks it needs a touch of orange marabou and perhaps I'll think of something else to add after I think about it. But this is it for now. It will be a while before more time can be devoted to painting the other three bodies.

 

 

 

 

[Harold Ray 0]

You do make beautiful poppers!!!! On the painting, are you doing it by hand or airbrush? There is certainly a lot of paint work on them.

 

Ray

[Stippled Popper 0]

You do make beautiful poppers!!!! On the painting, are you doing it by hand or airbrush? There is certainly a lot of paint work on them.

 

Ray

 

 

After a base color or colors is placed with two or more applications of paint by brush, the rest of the painting

is applied by hand with a set of stippling tools such as these created from different diameter needles

and metal rods:

 

[flybeetlefly 0]

Once again you have topped yourself.

Love those stipple paint jobs.

[DougB 0]

The first one in green and red really caught my eye.