Poppers?

[deathb4disco]

. I do fish light jigs,and have been very successful,even a caveman can catch them on jigs.....All kidding aside,I'm delving into the world of popper building,I'm figuring poppers to be better at catching crappie than folks might think,just gotta fish them different.......I hope !

If you're gonna fish them subsurface, I suggest using a "pointed" face (like a Sneaky Pete), rather than the regular flat or cupped face. It will come through the water much better.

[wicklundrh]

New techniques are only introduced after someone takes a chance to try something new and different.

Can't wait to see how it works.

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[Yaker]

My thought also,my hand punched foam will be the cupped and flat face,but I will hand carve my wooden poppers and streamline them .

[Eagle 1]

I had one encounter with catching crappie at dusk dark on a fly rod but it was with crickets . Never saw it happen before or since .

[Yaker]

I find it courious that using a popper below surface seems taboo.Having caught crappie on a variety of live and lure,it seems completely logical to the lunatic in me that a luscious looking popper sinking slowly past a stump may be the next magic crappie catcher
I find it harder to grasp a crappie hitting them on the surface,but then again,I've never even fished a beetle spin with the original beetle,I've always had better luck replacing the beetle With just about any other plastic.I will be sure to let y'all know how well,or not a popper going deep works,I've got a hunch it will work

[deathb4disco]

I find it courious that using a popper below surface seems taboo.

It's not taboo. It's just that it's easier to use a fly designed to sink (like a streamer) rather making a fly designed to float (like a popper), sink.

[crappie wrangler]

Are you going to wrap a piece of copper wire around the hook shank or are you going to drill a hole and push the copper wire thru the popper body?

[Yaker]

Are you going to wrap a piece of copper wire around the hook shank or are you going to drill a hole and push the copper wire thru the popper body?

One way will be to simply add a split shot and allow it to sink.Another way that has a possibility is to build the popper around a tube jig.I just believe a popper can catch fish below surface,so why limit it to the surface,a jig if fished many ways,as are flies,I'm just gonna broaden a poppers usefulness........or perhaps not!