Smokey
Senior Member
Here’s a simple and cheap way to make popping bugs.
Materials
Old pair of flip flops of your favorite color.
A spent pistol shell (size depends on how big a bug you want to make).
1” long (#10ish) machine screw and nut. (Screw can be longer).
Cordless drill.
Razor blade.
Something to make rubber legs for the popper (I use bow string silencing Cat Whiskers).
Kink shank hook (size depends on what you’re after). For bream I use #14.
How Too
Knock the primer out of the shell or drill a hole in it, thread a long screw through the shell so that the head of the screw is inside the shell, bolt the screw in place.
You now have a hole-auger for your cordless drill.
Commence to drilling holes in your flip flop.
Cut the pieces that you have drilled out to length (again depends on size and what you’re after). You now have your popping bug body.
Cut a slit length wise in the body – just deep enough to cover the shank of the hook.
Glue hook into place.
You can tie legs to the back of the bug or wrap a small feather behind the body.
Place legs through the body either by using a large eyed needle or push a loop of thread through the body and us the thread to pull the legs through.
If you wish you can glue some eyes on or use a permanent marker to add color.
That’s it.
Hope my instructions weren’t too confusing here is a series of pictures that kind of goes along with all the above.
GOOD LUCK
Materials
Old pair of flip flops of your favorite color.
A spent pistol shell (size depends on how big a bug you want to make).
1” long (#10ish) machine screw and nut. (Screw can be longer).
Cordless drill.
Razor blade.
Something to make rubber legs for the popper (I use bow string silencing Cat Whiskers).
Kink shank hook (size depends on what you’re after). For bream I use #14.
How Too
Knock the primer out of the shell or drill a hole in it, thread a long screw through the shell so that the head of the screw is inside the shell, bolt the screw in place.
You now have a hole-auger for your cordless drill.
Commence to drilling holes in your flip flop.
Cut the pieces that you have drilled out to length (again depends on size and what you’re after). You now have your popping bug body.
Cut a slit length wise in the body – just deep enough to cover the shank of the hook.
Glue hook into place.
You can tie legs to the back of the bug or wrap a small feather behind the body.
Place legs through the body either by using a large eyed needle or push a loop of thread through the body and us the thread to pull the legs through.
If you wish you can glue some eyes on or use a permanent marker to add color.
That’s it.
Hope my instructions weren’t too confusing here is a series of pictures that kind of goes along with all the above.
GOOD LUCK