Seth wrote: Photofisha wrote: Just spooled up a VS80a with 50lb braid and finished with a 100lb tough trace. Casting with my 8ft 2 Rocky ltd which has new fuji guides. Hope it will be ok for this style of fishing. Keen to try throwing some of these piper style poppers.   Adrian, change your trace from tough to supple, makes for a lot easier casting.

fish i wrote: Believe a guy in Whangarei makes them handmade

Yeah it's not actually stainless single strand wire, more a multistrand stainless like that shark trace stuff you can buy, I think. Agree, a bit weird how it's soo long, isn't really gonna help the action of a turned wood popper. Good looking piper like thou. He had them at hunt and fish expo up here and had some nice photos of decent kings, so no doubt work. Guess anything on it's day does. That's fishing.

I like thet blue popper above..where did you get that bro?

hookerpuka wrote: These work really well. only available from a few places around NZ. Top Catch Whangarei being one of them. yes the wire is different but doesn't effect the action at all. never had one fail me yet. it is a single strand stainless wire not a multi strand, they are painted over so use a coin to scrap the paint and have a nose. they are wire through wood turned none weighted. have caught allot of fish on these. Mr Kojak will also vouch there worth.

Yeah sorry Mike, I wasn't meaning to slam them at all. I actually copied them when I first starting making poppers. And, yes they do work. It's just now that I have some flashy looking poppers and getting into this stickbaiting, I don't think I'll be reaching for them in the bottom of the tackle sack.

Then again, I do know some guys who work out at the refinery who used to catch kings out there with a handline, ball sinker and a bit of white rag, no bull, I've seen the pics. Anything or anyone can pull when they are hot for it.

Photofisha wrote: Nice looking popper there Ariel...do you keep the trebles on yours?