G'day Scott,
So the Nutter is looking to get some GT/kingy poppers on the production line as well as sticks? Cool! Look forward to seeing some pics mate.
Regarding your holy popper.....do the holes in the cup face help to stabilize the lure in rough water/wash/waves or something? See, a lot of our GT fishing occurs land based also, and because we are often up higher than when in a boat, we also have oocasional dramas with lures tumbling etc. This happens with factory made lures as well as my home made ones, and as you would no doubt be aware, even the best timing of the bloops still sometimes doesn't prevent a lure blowing out, if the angle of the line is too high off the water. Anyway, interested to hear your theories.
Cheers
Angus