1st Popper Attempt

[Guest]

I finally got some tying stuff and tried a popper first. It's not all that great but I look forward to improving.

[Guest]

Looks great man! I would suggest adding a few wraps of hackle right behind the popper, it adds a little more body to the fly while hiding the thread wraps for the tail

[atroutbum2 0]

I can just see a 5 lb bucketmouth inhailing that in a spray of water.

Keep up the good work.

[Steeldrifter 0]

Not bad at all sherman. Just like Will said a few turns of hackle really helps dress it up some and hide the tie in point. Heres a pic of one Chris tied with the hackle wrap behind the body so you can see what Will meant.

[Dr. Bluedun 0]

That is a nice first attempt, I would like to see you dress the bucktail and flash by holding it in place---by pinching the material when you wind---also it does not look as if you have enough wraps on the material---this may cast loose or cause casting accuracy problems. The suggestion of adding a few turns of hackle just behing the popper is top notch additionally----it looks neater and will help the fly cast better. Keep up the work---practise, practise, practise.

[KevinP 0]

Now your hooked. Better get out the wallet. If my wife only knew how much money I've spent on dead animals.

 

Just kidding. Good job..the popper looks great.

[lthrnk 0]

You're good to go with all of the above. Good first effort, now go fish it and let them little fishys be the final judges.

[Guest]

Marty,

 

As you can see the materials want to rotate in the direction of the wraps. (that's why they ended up on the back-side of the popper. There's several ways to remedy this. 1. You can compesate by tying the material from a lower point and then drawing it tight with the thread until it's centered. 2. Use a good thread base for a foundation. This will reduce slippage. (That should be done on most patterns)

3. Add small little clumps of material at a time and position them until the entire circumference of the hook is covered.

 

What the hell are you tying bass baits for anyway? Have you lost your ****ing mind? You're not one of THEM are you...

 

I'm sure John will help you out over the next few weeks. If you want to come over this way a couple of evenings, that's cool too.

 

Oh yeah, what the others said...

[Airhead 0]

Give me a call Marty. I'll PM my # in case you don't have it. I have your old Cell #

 

I can hook you up with a bunch of material and give you a few pointers! I'll be tying, watching football and drinking beer Sunday.

[Guest]

Thanks for the tips everyone.

 

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What the hell are you tying bass baits for anyway? Have you lost your ****ing mind?  You're not one of THEM are you...

I thought we were going south to go bass fishing

 

Airhead, I'll give you a call and see if we can hook up soon.

[Guest]

Good first popper sherman! Now comes the tricky part: fishing them effectively. I still can't string together an entire single retrieve of "bloop-bloop-bloop"! That's a subcategory of my focus on bass this season.

[PoPnBuG 0]

I NEVER met a bad pop'n'bug