Note: Vary recipe to suit your taste.
Instructions:
These poppers are made on Mustad #33903 hooks.
Step 1: Select a piece of square balsa that is hook gap size and cut it into lengths from eye to just past the hook
point. Slot it lengthwise for the hook with an x-acto saw.
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2: Wrap a hook with thread to hook bend and back (neatness doesn't count here) and coat it with a super glue
gel. Apply glue to the slot in the body and mount the body on the hook. Be careful to maintain a good hook gap. If
the glue doesn't completely fill the slot in the bug body and the body, and hook shank seem secure, force a little
plastic wood into the slot. It takes paint better than glue. I make several up to this point.
Step
3: Sand with emery boards after the glue is dry. You could also carve them to a rough shape first, and then
sand, but I don't think it's any quicker.
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4: After sanding into shape I apply a coat of paint, then spray with clear acrylic, then another coat of paint,
and glue the eyes on. This is also when I add any contrasting colors of paint or
marksalot. After that, just add coats
of clear acrylic spray until they are glossy enough to suit you.
Step
5: When dry tie in the tails. I use red thread because I think it might add some attractor factor to them but
who knows?
Select One of Steve's
Flies:
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