Narc
14-05-07, 15:14
There are so many GT lures available in the market now, their price range are so varied (from anything between $15 to $90) . So what makes some poppers more expensive than the others? What do we look for in a popper?
Here's my personal view, do chip in yours too.
The popping concept
For GT popping, the concept is to either lure the GTs from their hiding place to feed or to stir up their territorial instinct to attack the surface lure. It is believe that the loud popping sound helps with attracting their attention and the bubbles trail from the chug helps disguise the hard lure.
What I look for in my poppers
As popping trips are usually done over a few days, it is important for my poppers to be easy to work with so that I can last through the many hours and many days during the trip.
The further I can cast my poppers, the more area I can cover with each cast. So I want my poppers to cast well.
With my own 'so-called-concept' of popping, I want my poppers to be as noisy as possible.
Whether or not fishes can detect colours, that I am not sure. But my poppers will definitly be coming with some colours on them somehow. So might as well have them in colours that I like. Personally likes them in cross shades of either black, blue, red, orange and silver. And preferably with 2 shades in the belly.
I want them with good quality straight through wires and decent enough finishes so they can survive and last a few more fishes and still presentable as a trophy when I retire them.
Here's my personal view, do chip in yours too.
The popping concept
For GT popping, the concept is to either lure the GTs from their hiding place to feed or to stir up their territorial instinct to attack the surface lure. It is believe that the loud popping sound helps with attracting their attention and the bubbles trail from the chug helps disguise the hard lure.
What I look for in my poppers
As popping trips are usually done over a few days, it is important for my poppers to be easy to work with so that I can last through the many hours and many days during the trip.
The further I can cast my poppers, the more area I can cover with each cast. So I want my poppers to cast well.
With my own 'so-called-concept' of popping, I want my poppers to be as noisy as possible.
Whether or not fishes can detect colours, that I am not sure. But my poppers will definitly be coming with some colours on them somehow. So might as well have them in colours that I like. Personally likes them in cross shades of either black, blue, red, orange and silver. And preferably with 2 shades in the belly.
I want them with good quality straight through wires and decent enough finishes so they can survive and last a few more fishes and still presentable as a trophy when I retire them.