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Stippled Popper

First Balsa Popper and other 2016 Stippled Poppers

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Having dealt with my Carpal Tunnel and Trigger Finger issues this year, tying poppers is back on my agenda



Cork bodied Popper


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Playing around with a cork ball and a pencil popper body


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The next two balsa poppers were shaped by bellevue.chartreuse.trout


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This is my first attempt at a balsa popper


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Here is an deer hair imitation popper


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The next popper is tied using one of the new Double Barrel Foam Popper heads.


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Glad to see you posting painted poppers again. Nearly incomparable ... although Mike Jackson has learned a lot form you !!!

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Glad to see you posting painted poppers again. Nearly incomparable ... although Mike Jackson has learned a lot form you !!!

 

We learn from each other's techniques and ideas. That is one of the nice things about fly tying. People are generally

not shy about sharing knowledge.

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nice poppers ron

 

i also have that trigger finger problem

 

I put the surgery off far too long. The high pain threshold I inherited from my father probably contributed to the delay and senseless worry. The only symptom I experienced was numbness in the hands which kept me from holding a fly rod for longer than a minute without going numb. The surgery itself only takes a few minutes and can be done under a local. Of course one hand is done at a time because who else is going to wipe you. My incisions were made in the creases of my hand so the March and April surgeries are almost completely invisible. No surgery is ever successful 100% of the time. But it sure has worked for me.

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