pencil poppers

[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]

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!

Hey Ben,

Might be a silly question but whats a GT icecream?

Creffo

[Christoffer Hansen]

Hey Creffo,
Gt ice-cream is a solid Teflon plug that you cast and crank flat out, skips along the surface. Nomad use them a lot. They have them for sale on their site.
Chris

[Dan Konig]

To the GT Ice-cream I'd add the Richter surface plug. Similar idea, and readily available (at low prices) in WA at least.

Unfortunately I haven't seen them in any really large sizes. They cast an absolute mile though and due to the price, I wouldn't hesitate throwing one into even the angriest of terrain

[Stephen Callus]

Nomad Have the ice creams in various sizes  the larger type sells for $45

[Dave Creffield]

Hey Creffo,
Gt ice-cream is a solid Teflon plug that you cast and crank flat out, skips along the surface. Nomad use them a lot. They have them for sale on their site.
Chris

Thanks mate, checked them out?

[Dave Creffield]

Nomad Have the ice creams in various sizes  the larger type sells for $45

Yeah thanks steve, checked them out.

[Chris Webster]

Speaking of Nomad - have you considered a skipjack?

Chris

[Marc Vandaele]

i gone give the gt ice cream and flapper a change but still looking for a real long pencil popper comment from a long tom or similar
thanks to all
marc

[Andrew Poulos]

Here are some...the first one is the Aubrey Da Gama, and referred to as GT Ice Cream, as well as the teflon ones.

in the second pic, there is a skipjack, orion long tom, craftbait and patriot.

[Mark Harris]

but still looking for a real long pencil popper comment from a long tom or similar
thanks to all
marc

If you read more carefully, you will see I have already given you a steer on that front. 

Also, a vote from from me for the Orion Flapper by the way.  I use the 190 gram Flapper but only when there is a LOT of chop in the water. Otherwise the lure does not work properly.

On the Heru Skipjack, I don't think it is really a pencil in the traditional sense, but more of a long popper with a small face. 

[Andrew Susani]

I have a couple of timberwolfs pencil poppers which work really well and are well designed.  Ironically I find using pencils more tiring than using 120g-150g poppers, because you have to wind quickly to get them working.

Although the cup face on the timberwolfs allow you to pop them a little bit as well if you want to.