JWM72 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2012 Here are a couple of old stand byes the last one got a 1/0 circle tied on a waddington shank. I just hope I don’t end up wearing as an earring when I cast it for the first time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chefben4 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2012 never seen poppers tied like that.. work good? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyFLYguy05 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2012 Remember on that last popper, you cant set the hook with a circle (I am sure you know this) - these will have great movement tho! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyFLYguy05 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2012 Nice ties with those poppers. I would just be careful with the circle hook, you dont wanna loose a nice fish. Make the same poppers with a regular J hook, and use the articulated leader system that you used. Those will work just fine. They have real nice movement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JWM72 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2012 I forgot about that with the circle hook. With that said it should work good with blue fish when they get aggressive. I threw it in the kitchen sink. I was surprised how well it moved. I can’t wait to get back on the water I’m putting the boat back in on march 17 the water temps in the river and bay are still relatively warm for this time of year hopefully the spring run will be early. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nyFLYguy05 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2012 Trust me those poppers are going to catch you some nice fish. I love the movement on them, I use them for Striped Bass on longislands bay and creeks all spring summer long. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henry Franklin 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2012 Nice job JWM!!! Hope you catch a boatload Henry F. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JWM72 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2012 Thanks for the complements, now I’m going to start tying up some grass shrimp. Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites