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08/29/13 03:55 PM
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pearow
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Here's some pretty ugly unconventional poppers I tied the other day. Tied on a #8 kink shanked mustad popper hook, the bodies are 3/8 bottle stoppers from netcraft; bucktail wings, flashabou tail, with a couple of rubber legs. They are large enough to discourage the little brim from getting hooked; bass and big brim like them, especially this time of the year when there's so many crickets and grasshoppers around the banks; most of my daytime poppers are white; usually fish on my 3 or 4 weight rods-p-  
Last edited by pearow; 08/29/13 04:11 PM.
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/29/13 04:02 PM
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rrhyne56
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I like what you did there. I drilled down to see that you seem have used mono thread to tie on the legs and hair. Nice! How did you finish them out?
In closing "pretty is as pretty does"
"have fun with this stuff"
in memory of Big Dale
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/29/13 04:11 PM
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pearow
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/29/13 04:31 PM
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derik d
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 It's more than the catfish would do.
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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#9271996
08/29/13 06:39 PM
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kelkay
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Now that was super cool Pearow!
The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution." Thomas Jefferson
You Dont Love Something You Want to Fundamentally Transform Mark Levin
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/29/13 07:27 PM
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Jerry Hamon
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"pretty ugly" isn't that an oxymoron? 
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/29/13 08:20 PM
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RexW
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Hey, who's this "Jerry Hamon" person????
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/29/13 09:30 PM
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pearow
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don't know about the "oxy" jerry, but the "moron" part fits me to a "T"
Robin; the paint is acrylic Wal-Mart stuff; two coats; then 3 coats of polyurethane, and one coat of sally's hard as nails covering the threadwraps and body and bucktail ends; nothing like JB"s art work-p-
Last edited by pearow; 08/29/13 09:33 PM.
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/30/13 12:12 AM
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MDKingston
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Nice poppers. Those have "bite me" written all over them. Now, go get your leader stretched! Mike
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/30/13 12:22 AM
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rrhyne56
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"Oxy-" Latin for stubborn or bullheaded...at least I think that's what it means.
"have fun with this stuff"
in memory of Big Dale
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/30/13 04:21 AM
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derik d
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Little white poppers caught 5 species of sunfish(including LMB)and a rio. One little white popper to be exact.    Untitled by Drok1, on Flickr
Last edited by derik d; 08/30/13 04:25 AM.
It's more than the catfish would do.
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/30/13 12:40 PM
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Jerry Hamon
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Hey, who's this "Jerry Hamon" person????
Less confusing for some, obviously more confusing for others!!! 
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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#9274118
08/30/13 01:23 PM
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jboy
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Gene. The way you tied the hair to the body is how they did it way back when! Remember that classic swap we had on TFR? Love the eyes you did.
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/30/13 01:33 PM
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rrhyne56
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I expect that one has to hold one's tongue just right to get hair to stay situated properly when starting to tie it in.
"have fun with this stuff"
in memory of Big Dale
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Re: Unconventional poppers
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08/30/13 02:19 PM
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pearow
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Robin; its a trade secret but I'm gonna tell you because you keep me in good furled leaders. You take a drop, or a half drop of sally's hard as nails and pinch it and the end of the hair between thumb and forefinger, count to 10, then use other hand to remove hair; let it dry and it stays clumped together til the cows come home.
Yep, JB, I've still got some of those old flies from the 30's and 40's.
BTW, Cliff wants to know what outfit youre gonna be wearing for the dove hunt?-p-
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