pencil popper

by Mark Stine

Dec 19, 2013

here is an easy popper and one of my favorites. the body was shaped using a pencil sharpener! This is a very effective bream getter. The body is coated with Gesso then a coat of glow in the dark paint its dressed with crystal flash, marabou tail and a single blue dun saddle hackle

  • David, aka, "McScruff"

    Pretty lil thing. Nice simple paint job!

    Dec 19, 2013

  • jim cosgrove

    mark-got a questio.i have several dozen small cork stoppers.what would i use to fill/smooth the cork.i am not expecting results like yours but want a nice tough  finish

    Dec 19, 2013

  • DAVID L EITUTIS

    WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE TALENT ON HERE LIKE JIM COSGROVE AND MR. STINE !!!!!! LOTS OF FOLK JUST DON'T APPRECIATE WHAT GOES INTO ALL THESE EFFORTS , I DO CAUSE I TRIED IT ONCE MANY YEARS AGO AND GAVE UP ON THAT IDEA SHORTLY .......

    Dec 19, 2013

  • Leo Nguyen

    Is that balsa wood or cork?

    Dec 19, 2013

  • Mark Stine

    Jim and Leo, this is from a piece of tupelo gum wood  that I whittled down enough to fit in the pencil sharpener to get the body cork would be fine too. I use envirotex lite as a top coat its a pour on finish and will smooth out and/or fill most flaws! I didn't even sand these poppers.

    Dec 19, 2013

  • jim cosgrove

    thanks mark,i will look it up.need to make some poppers that are tougher for bass.got these corks and hey they should float like a cork

    Dec 19, 2013

  • Leo Nguyen

    Okay Mark, I have to ask, where the heck you get all your tupelo gum wood? I looked at the hobby stores around here, and they gave me some strange look. May have to order them online.

    Dec 19, 2013