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Double Barrel Popper
This popper is built on a Flymen Fish Co. Surface Seducer Double Barrel popper head, sold in sizes that cover everything from panfish to giant trevally. The tail and body go on the hook first: white Crystal Flesh, a wound EP Craft Fur Brush, grizzly saddle hackles along the sides and a collar of Flex Hackle and schlappen. The foam head slides on over the front of the shank last. The heads can be custom colored with Copic markers and sealed with Loon Soft Head. Use a Gamakatsu SL12S for saltwater or a B10S Stinger for freshwater.
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Materials
Gamakatsu SL12S Big Game Hook for saltwater (or Gamakatsu B10S Stinger for freshwater)
Danville 210 denier thread
210 denier
Just Add H2O Crystal Flesh, white
White
Enrico Puglisi EP Craft Fur Brush
Grizzly saddle hackles, tied along each side of the body
Grizzly
Flex Hackle
Schlappen, wound in front of the Flex Hackle
Flymen Fish Co. Surface Seducer Double Barrel Popper head
3D fish eyes, on each side of the popper head
Copic markers, to color the popper head
Loon Soft Head, to seal the colored popper head
How to Tie the Double Barrel Popper
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Step 1
If you want a custom color, color the popper head with Copic markers and seal it with Loon Soft Head. Stick a 3D eye on each side of the head.
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Step 2
Slide the head onto the hook to see how much of the front of the shank it will cover, then take it off again.
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Step 3
Start the thread at the rear of the shank.
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Step 4
Tie in a bunch of white Crystal Flesh at the bend for the tail.
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Step 5
Tie in the EP Craft Fur Brush and wind it forward, stroking the fibers back after each turn. Tie it off and trim.
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Step 6
If the first brush runs out before the body is full, tie in a second length of EP Craft Fur Brush in front of it and wind it forward the same way.
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Step 7
Tie grizzly saddle hackles along each side of the body so they reach back along the tail.
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Step 8
Tie in the Flex Hackle and wind it as a collar in front of the saddle hackles.
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Step 9
Wind a schlappen feather in front of the Flex Hackle as a second collar, sweeping the fibers back.
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Step 10
Build a smooth thread base on the front of the shank where the head will sit, then whip finish.
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Step 11
Slide the popper head back onto the shank over the front wraps and seat it firmly against the collar.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UV0oXq-ME8
Credit: CW Flies