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Soft Foam Poppers for bluegills


Brian K. Shaffer

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Wapsi Fly Inc, Arkansas, sells a new product for making both Bass and Bluegill bugs.

Called PERFECT POPPER, these kits come with hooks and foam popping bug blanks to be affizxed to the shank of the supplied hooks. Add a little hackle.. a little marabou.. and you are set up! The only thing you might want to do is touch up the blank foam with a good marker.. like a PrismaColor.

This is the cutting edge of materials as these are soft foam poppers. Instead of ruining a hard cork bug on one rock - these flies bouce off.. and they look good doing it! Sometimes you find the fish on right as the fish lands off the rock... thats classic!

Try these poppers if you find them.. they come with hooks and all and in various colors.

happy tying - Brian

( ask Jeremy about the wet MackieBug )

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Any idea where a guy can get these around Springfield? Bluegill/Redear are my favorite fish. Catching a big 'gill or Redear on a fly rod is awesome.

I would rather be fishin'.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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I know that this is about 2 years old but at least I know where you can get some... The Woodsman In Fort Smith... I dont remember how much but yes they are some of the best flies you can make for blue gill...

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MICHAEL!

Are you listening? Have you got these? (Shoulda looked closer yesterday...)

TIGHT LINES, YA'LL

 

"There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil

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Believe it or not, I would rather use a foam spider. It is indestructible, and I have caught sixty fish between 4-8" in one spot in three hours. VERY NICE!

Used to use a ton of foam when I first started, now I use other things. I have a version of that poppper that I tie and I agree it can be a blast.

Soon the crappie will be biting...

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