Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Timber GT poppers
lonhro:
Is that right Luke ???
might have to have a little get together and you can show us how to make these poppers???
aswell as a little drink lol.
surely you have busted a lure in your time, so whats a popper look like on the inside how do you get away with one wire through the whole lure???
randy
Brandon Khoo:
Randy - the principle behind the through wire construction is so that even if the lure desintegrates, you still are attached to the fish. GTs regularly obliterate cheap lures and it is common for pencil poppers to get broken.
What were you thinking of doing? ???
lonhro:
Ok here it is,
so far i have worked out that i am going to use white beech wood(think).
next i have some 200Lb 7 strand wire, swivels rated 150Lbs, and going to go and get some Gal fencing wire
in the popper i am planning on drilling a 4mm hole the whole way thru the guts. once that is done then i am going to drill another hole that meets the long hole half way( middle treble hook) in that hole i will put a swivel. next i will put the fencing wire the whole way thru the lure making sure it goes thru the middle of the swivel and some how make it doubled by twisting it off so that the fencing wire is a continuous loop.
(my english sucks i know)
then get some 24hr araldite jam pack it into the holes and then hold both end I.E. front and back of popper and start forming a loop by twisting the wire in opposite directions from both end. this does 2 things, one it mixes the glue to form a stronger bond secondly it helps told every thing tightly.
message me back if this makes any sence and if it does if it will work ???
The dumb one
Randy
Andrew Poulos:
Have a look through here..
http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/showthread.php?t=446845
Luke Wyrsta:
--- Quote from: lonhro on March 15, 2007, 07:03:36 PM ---Ok here it is,
so far i have worked out that i am going to use white beech wood(think).
next i have some 200Lb 7 strand wire, swivels rated 150Lbs, and going to go and get some Gal fencing wire
in the popper i am planning on drilling a 4mm hole the whole way thru the guts. once that is done then i am going to drill another hole that meets the long hole half way( middle treble hook) in that hole i will put a swivel. next i will put the fencing wire the whole way thru the lure making sure it goes thru the middle of the swivel and some how make it doubled by twisting it off so that the fencing wire is a continuous loop.
(my english sucks i know)
then get some 24hr araldite jam pack it into the holes and then hold both end I.E. front and back of popper and start forming a loop by twisting the wire in opposite directions from both end. this does 2 things, one it mixes the glue to form a stronger bond secondly it helps told every thing tightly.
message me back if this makes any sence and if it does if it will work ???
The dumb one
Randy
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You are on the right track mate.
Drink sometime sounds great...give me a bell anytime.
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