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Paul de Bruijn

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
July 05, 2011, 11:28:17 PM
Thanks for the info all, always very useful for a novice like myself...

April 2012...1st chance to try and catch my 1st GT

Michael Burton

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
August 29, 2011, 09:34:50 AM
Thanks this information was helpful but left my wallet empty chasing quality lures over cheaper ones...

will post who i go in the reports forum

Brandon Khoo

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
August 29, 2011, 10:41:58 AM
Lol  ;D
I do suggest some more reasonably priced ones.


Thanks this information was helpful but left my wallet empty chasing quality lures over cheaper ones...

will post who i go in the reports forum
If it swims; I want to catch it!

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October 05, 2011, 11:43:53 AM
Brandon - where would the FCL Ebipop lures rate in your rankings?

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October 05, 2011, 01:11:05 PM
They are a very good popper, particularly the Extreme.
If it swims; I want to catch it!

Sam Loh

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
November 17, 2011, 04:04:20 AM
I fish them, Crusty, but the Fullscales have had priority in the recent past.

SS have a couple of models that are fantastic but also some rather mediocre ones. I don't know they manage to get some so right and others so wrong.
 
That said, the finish on them is amazing. As I wrote in the original post on thos thread, they are industry leading. Check out the first lure in the first photo of my original post. It's a Nemo in a mother of pearl type finish.

The good models are harder to get hold of than sea frogs!

Hi Brandon,

I have recently bought SS Twister F1 & F2 and love the way they swim. I saw you have their bigger brothers in your collection can I ask if F3, F5 and F6 swim as good or will not be as lively because of their biggest size and heavier weight?

I will be using the EP82/38. If this rod cannot work the larger Twister mentioned above properly, would you recommend the TBL711/35 or BLC83/40 instead if target are both GT and Kingfish?

Cheers
Sam

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November 17, 2011, 06:05:52 AM
Hi Sam
all the Twisters have a similar action. F3 and F5 are supposed to be same size with only difference being weight but I have had a F3 that weighed as much as the F5 before so I got a bit confused. F6 is a lot of lure - its 200g+. You'd do a F3 and F5 with a TBL711 but a F6 is a big ask. I think that the BLC, while able to cast both these lures would oversaturate a bit when working them. It'd do it but not ideal. F6 is too much lure.
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Sam Loh

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November 17, 2011, 12:56:01 PM
Brandon, a local tackle shop ever told me that the weight of SS is plus minus 10g hence it is very possible that sometime a F3 can weight the same as F5 since they are different by 20g accord to SS website. F6 may be use as hammer for mackerel.

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Sam

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November 17, 2011, 12:58:24 PM
I would actually suggest that a deviation from mean of 10g is being very kind
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Re: Recommendation for poppers
December 22, 2011, 12:37:29 PM
Sebile Splasher 190 and Stick Shadd 182 seem to be getting a lot of coverage these days - used heavily on Nomad.

What are your thoughts on these two models?

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
April 20, 2012, 01:50:53 AM
Reading this thread cost me more than 600 USD in new lures! :D
Thanks! Great stuff!
Thank you very much!

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July 27, 2012, 08:05:00 PM
great information very useful thanks Brandon

Gerhard Ziehenberger

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
October 23, 2012, 12:11:22 AM
Hi Brandon,
the waiting has an end, the Tobi 169 is available since some weeks; I got mine at JDM tackle USA

Stuart Kelly

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
November 05, 2012, 07:59:10 PM
Great info

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Re: Recommendation for poppers
July 11, 2013, 11:32:33 AM
thanks for the sum up brandon, saved a lot of time