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Figure 39. Popper with cupped head. A somewhat smaller popper is the bomber type shown in Fig. 40. This one is narrow at the head and thicker in diameter at the tail. Because of this shape, it casts like a bullet even into a stiff wind. The plug shown here is heavy enough to use with a conventional surf rod or with a surf spinning outfit. It measures about 5 in. long and has a diameter of 1 in. at the tail and ? in. at the head. The head is cut at a slant of 45 degrees. Two 5/0 treble hooks are attached, one at the belly near the head and the other at the tail. Figure 40. Bomb type popper. The large surface plugs described above are mostly used for surf fishing or casting, or trolling for big fish with fairly heavy tackle. If you want to make up smaller salt-water surface plugs to use with light spinning or casting tackle just make a smaller version of any of the models above. For example, if you want a small surface popper of the type shown in Fig. 41, make it the same way as the large one (Fig. 39), but smaller and lighter. It could have a body 4 in. long with a diameter of ? in. Instead of using three treble hooks, you need only two and these can be smaller. Size 1/0 or 2/0 hooks are best, but make sure they are of heavy wire and strong. Figure 41. Small salt-water popper.
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