Boppers

Heading north in a few days to Hideaway Bay nth of Airlie for 2 weeks. Family holiday but taking the little side console boat up to explore the islands, do a bit of snorkling and of course my reason, fishing. With this in mind I covered my bases with a order of Gidgee lures of all sizes to troll and cast but was lacking in the popper department so figured I should knock out a few on the GMC lathe I have. I have to say, I know nothing about the finer art of popper making but never one to let lack of knowledge hold me back I put these together. The bigger cone ones are inspired by Barry's lures with some of the others by Richard Lee's as well as ones that just came about. The cone ones have lead in the arse (about 100 -120gram lures) to sit bum down (a bit too down a couple)  but I have big hopes for the 7.5inch black one with reflective tape bits on it (under the clear) which I think will have to get some predator attention so hopefully it will get destroyed by a big GT. Also finished a few scorpion / McSea lures for the jacks. Time was short and the fish arnt too critical so not too fancy a paint job, did not bother getting the air brush out, just used auto spray cans for this lot.

Called them "Boppers". The wife obviously heard me talk about Poppers and Bloopers and got the name mixed up and it stuck