Big Popper Revival
 

Hooked again's thread got me thinking. The next plug building fad???.......and why not, nobody uses them anymore, but once upon a time everybody sold them so the demand must have been high....and likely for a good reason.

Have at it.

#1 ???(I forgot who), cuttyhunk, walkie-talkie, masterlure
#2 Atom, Capt Bill, Capt Bill, Blue Streak
#3 Just to show I'm not all BS

Peter has a few other similar styles too. Nice job.

The Emerson and Ruhren popper is pretty cool looking Numby.
I think I saw it at SWLLC.
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I'm looking forward to giving this a shot. I like the old school look of this type of plug. The glitter on the back of my plug is very thick, was this done for a reason? Or just the way they did it wat back when.

Nice poppers George. I've always liked the big poppers as well. Peter had a few that I really thought were cool . Might have to go over and check them out again...just have to figure out how to get home :gu:!

make it a sleep over

I've got access to the Cap'n Bill's popper and a swimmer, I'll take some measurements and post the drawing. Try to use my X-ray vision to see what's inside. Need to do something for all the help I've gotten here :)

I'm diggin that cuttyhunk popper might try making some of these big poppers this winter. I messed up the slope on one of my pikies and ended up cutting the head off to save some material, already looks like some of these:grins:
Thanks for posting this George

Hey guys,

New here, and I wanted to show off some of the first poppers i made earlier this year for Muskies. I'm still a newbe, this being my second season building. i took the liberty of trying out some flames and marbling techniques on these.

Thanks for taking a look

pink in the first pic is a fuller bros.....blue streaks I think r the nicest ones to make...in all three sizes.

Welcome MuskySlayer.... I have made some PLUS sized Musky lures for a friend up in Potsdam, NY he fishes in the snow for the big Muskies in Dec.... he has been know to plow the ramp so he can launch his boat

numbskull, Please post some quick measurements on that last orange plug (popper3.jpg). I'd like to take a hack at it.

I'd like to give a cuttyhunk a try this winter.

Lets not go too far...

Welcome Muskyslayer! Great lookin work... I think some big poppers would be very cool!

Here's a couple pics I dug up.

Emmerson & Ruhren

Hicky Do

Thanks guys.

Beautiful work on this site! nice poppers to all :)

MS

Cap'n Bill's Popper
 

Here's the dimensions, could not get my scanner to work so no drawing for now.
Measurements are from tail forward in 1" incr.
7 1/8" overall (top) 6.75" (bottom)
Tail .620
1- .700
2- .920
3- 1.10
4- 1.22
5-7 1.28
rear hook at 2"
front hook at 5.25"
Weighting: It's a popper, not hard to figure! I'm going to start w/ 5/16 x 1" tail weight and 00 in belly just in front of rear hook!
Enjoy!!