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Comment by John Ratliff on March 3, 2016 at 9:30am

Thanks Mark saw your and saw you minnows you do good also but was wondering what size hook you used and if you found any way to make them smaller.  Mine are on a 2x short #8 hook and would like to make them smaller but have not had much luck at it yet.

 

Comment by carl hendrix on March 2, 2016 at 2:37pm

TERRIFIC LOOKING POPPERS !!   BETWEEN JOHN; AND MARK;; GIVES THE REST OF US IDEAS ON HOW ; TO MAKE SOME POPPERS  OUR SELVES !

Comment by Mark Stine on March 2, 2016 at 1:51pm

great looking poppers John!! Sure to slay em!!!

Comment by Slip Sinker on March 2, 2016 at 10:49am

  great looking poppers!

Comment by dick tabbert on March 2, 2016 at 10:45am

Thank you John for the comeback your eyes turned out great actually the whole popper is excellent.

Comment by John Ratliff on March 2, 2016 at 10:37am

Dick I make those eyes with different size nail heads and Liqueur paint.  The trick is to get just a dab of paint on the largest nail head you will be using and just the head, if you rotate the nail between your finger and thumb it will form a tiny bubble and when you touch the bug just the touch the paint don't let the nail head touch.  When you pull the nail away it will form a small convex dot.  Let that dry, which won't take long them repeat with next smaller nail and a different color. I'm afraid I have made this sound to hard it really very easy.  As for the body I hand carve and sand them out of balsa sticks and again it is vary easy and quick but remember after sand to shape you want soak in instant glue to make the balsa hard then finish.

Comment by dick tabbert on March 1, 2016 at 3:57pm

John how did yo do the eyes what ever you did they turned out great brings the popper to life.

Comment by Tinknocker1 on March 1, 2016 at 3:49pm

great detail love them !

Comment by carl hendrix on March 1, 2016 at 3:36pm

great to have another popper maker on site ! looking great John !!

Comment by dick tabbert on March 1, 2016 at 10:51am

Great looking poppers John.

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