Experimental Smallmouth balsa popper

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Yay or nay?
 

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Looks nice. Prefer white poppers for small mouth.
 
Looks good. I like your choice of a round bend, wide gap hook. Any thoughts about making them with a mouth rather than a flat face? I'll split the difference. I like either yellow or white, but I've probably caught more on yellow. Another color I like is chartreuse.
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Not sure how you would do it on balsa. Definitely would need a white base coat.
 
Looks good. I like your choice of a round bend, wide gap hook. Any thoughts about making them with a mouth rather than a flat face? Not sure how you would do it on balsa. Definitely would need a white base coat.
with a bit called a ball gouge, rotary gouge, rotary ball and a few other names.
 
OK. I am going to try a yellow popper next time out.
 
Nice, what hook size? Summertime low water river levels I like to go small.
Yellow on bright days, green when cloudy, white can match the hatch sometimes.
 
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