Jimmy: Your pics made me just realize what I forgot on my Christmas popper. The rubber legs.. LOL, Chuck
Please see our fly fishing hand made furled leaders at: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/you_wear_it_well_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy D. Moore To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:24 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: : Pre formed foam popper heads??? BTW, the batch of bass poppers in the attachment are from the first group I ever made with my golf shaft cutters.. ÊThese were from Zieger's popper swap of 2004. ÊThey ain't the prettiest in the world, but they caught fish. ÊAlso, each set after these looked progressively better. :-P Jimmy D. Moore wrote: Chuck: For most of my popper bodies, panfish and bass alike, I use regular bottle corks that I buy really cheap at Hobby Lobby. They're already tapered and are vavailable in assorted sizes.Ê I also make my own stamp-out cutters out of old steel golf shafts from Irons.Ê With a golf shaft, I can get cutters from 5/8" all the way down to 5/16", depending on the kind of shaft I use. ÊWhat I do is take the old shaft and cut it off in 2" increments.Ê Then I sharpen the round edge of one end of the 2" pieces of shaft, so that it will readily cut. ÊThen I sit the cutter on the piece of foam, etc. that I need to cut and placing a small, but sturdy block of wood on top of my cutter, hit it with a hammer. All these poppers are round, cylindrical. ÊTo taper them, I use my dremel tool. When stamped out, they are eaasy to push out of the cutter. Attached are some multi-colored poppers I made out of some stuff got from Hobby Lobby. ÊIt comes in sturdy foam/rubber sheets that have an adhesive backing on one side. ÊI can stamp all one size or stair-step them down to give the popper a more streamlined appearance. Then I take the "rounds" and using the adhesive side, stick them together. You can alternate colors like those in the pic, or you can use all one color.Ê When done, I shape them with a dremel tool and add rubber legs, hook, tail and eyes. Sounds complicated, but once you go through the process, it's easy. ÊThere's other tubing that will work just as well, but I've been repairing / reshafting golf clubs for near 30 years and always have some old shafts lying around. JIMMY D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- **************** ><((((((((¼> ***************************** JIMMY D. MOORE, Amateur Radio Station WB5RHT- FREE Classic & Antique Golf Club Evaluation Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Scout Exec. BSA, Ret. Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html ***************** <¼))))))))>< **************************** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
