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Marc Vandaele:
hi,
i will complete my stuff with some good pencil's for give it a try in south Oman later this year
all this for a fair price but it's not so easy to find them,
can you recommend some? they need to be on the market,fisherman long pen is not on the market...( i can't find them)
i heard some good things about hammerhead tobi 123 but they are fragile
what about orion long tom?
i am open for all recommendations
and for the colors should it be natural or flashy,most of time the are out the water:)
thanks
marc

Mark Harris:
Marc

Very good to read that you are thinking about pencil poppers. They are so neglected by many GT anglers these days.

For the long type, my personal favourite is Adhek Ocean Lady.  This is a very long lure indeed and it has great record of catching big GTs.  Added to that it, buying a few will not break the bank.  Casts extremely well and has a very dramatic skipping action, perfectly imitating a fleeing long tom.

I also like using Craftbait GT Pencils which are a bit shorter but still quite long. Somebody told me these are not being made anymore - no idea if that is true but in any case you should be able to find them.

For the shorter, stubbier type of pencil (sometimes called tuna pencils it seems), then Carpenter Kattobi 145 is a very nice lure indeed.

Ben Furness:
Not sure it is really a "pencil popper" but for a surface skipping demon of a lure that entices the most aggressive strikes I have ever seen. It has to be the GT Icecream!

Dave Creffield:
Hi Marc,

Another must have would be the Orion Flapper. Not as long as a pencil but casts well and has excellent action.

Creffo

Dave Creffield:

--- Quote from: Ben Furness on May 21, 2012, 07:26:42 AM ---Not sure it is really a "pencil popper" but for a surface skipping demon of a lure that entices the most aggressive strikes I have ever seen. It has to be the GT Icecream!

--- End quote ---

Hey Ben,

Might be a silly question but whats a GT icecream?

Creffo

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