New Addiction

[Spicytuna1]

I am starting to get into my own balsa bugs for bass. Here are my first three attemps:

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Probably lots of YouTube videos about this on the web.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHUj8aoTJYw

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Balsa lathe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZXOTKMMymg

[Darian]

Good shapes for the bodies. I'd like to see the final product. Have you considered a Bubblehead shape as one for Bass???

Balsa popper bodies are my favorite but I find myself using soft foam for poppers more because they're available and easy to use.

[Spicytuna1]

Darian,

right now I am going for a regular popper, a frog body popper, and an all terrain frog pattern. I am going to try and have a the hook riding up on the all terrain fly then I can fish it over matts etc.. This is just the start and yeah a bubble-head idea is in the mix for future. They are time consuming but I am cool with that. Gives me something to do while I watch Giants games.

Will definitely post up the finished products. it crazy cause I don't know what kind of action they will have till they are done, anticipation is up there.

[Spicytuna1]

final Products ready for hooks and trailers:






am dying to see the action and how they will actually fish. Will update accordingly

[Scott V]

Cute looking frogs! And I bet they will get the job done.

[Darian]

Really like the popper in the middle. Gotta have those eyes facing forward. Out of curiosity, did you consider cupping the face of the popper on the left???

[Spicytuna1]

Darian,

I did think about it. The thing that has torn me away from that was the original Balsa I was given had a flat face and it gave it more of a wiggle action rather than a popper action. So these are purely experimental right now. However I am hoping to mimic the side to side wiggle type action, and if I don't get it then I will cup the face on the next one. It will push some water for sure and I won't know what its going to do till i fish it. worst case its a simple process to grind it out then repaint.

Thanks on the middle one this will be my All terrain/matt fly going to have it hook riding up.

Will keep posting as it goes

[Spicytuna1]

Final product: