Description

Flymen Fishing does it again with Double Barrel Popper Bodies - Create the best looking popper and slider patterns with Surface Seducer Poppers, Sliders and Divers.

Flymen Surface Seducer Double Barrel soft foam popper bodies make it easy to tie the great looking water moving popper style flies that catch fish. Let your creative juices flow. Size and color options are numerous and popper bodies can be decorated or left as they are.

The versatile foam head can be tied on with the cup facing forward to create popper flies, and can be tied on in reverse to create slider, diver, and Sneaky Pete style foam flies.

Combine the Double Barrel with Surface Seducer¨ Dragon Eyesª and Surface Seducer¨ Popper Hooks to tie a wide variety of foam flies.

Quantity per pack: Extra-small, Small, Medium (8); Large (6); Extra-large (4).

Surface Seducer Popper Bodies have a deeper cup. The innovative Double Barrel design creates a deeper than normal front cup for a louder water pushing pop when working your fly! When reversed, it offers a nice recess to bury the body materials of your slider or Sneaky Pete style fly.

Surface Seducer Popper Bodies have an extended top lip. The aggressive top lip of the popper head helps concentrate a bigger ÒsplashÓ and push of water further forwards.

Flymen popper bodies have recessed eye sockets and receive Surface Seducer Dragon Eyes which are beautiful 3D fly tying eyes. Other eye style like Living Eyes work as well and make the soft foam Double Barrel Body look great.

Flymen Popper bodies have a tail socket. The back of the popper has a recess hole that allows for embedding tailing materials or the rear loop of an articulated shank into the popper.

Popper ÒskinÓ The Double Barrel is manufactured through an innovative process that creates a smooth, strong outer skin on the popper body. This outer skin is durable and has a naturally smoother, nicer looking finish, which means at the most basic level, there's no need to paint, decorate, or clear coat your popper. You can simply mount the body onto a Popper Hook, add Dragon Eyes and some feathers for a tail, then go fishing!

Full size range. The comprehensive range of five sizes allow you to create the full spectrum of popper styles being used today to target various species from panfish to sailfish!

¥ Extra-small: Perfect for tying small panfish and carp flies.

¥ Small & Medium: Great for tying typical Òbass bugÓ poppers.

¥ Large & Extra-large: Ideal for tying large saltwater and freshwater predator flies target big game species such as pike, musky, stripers, redfish, and sailfish.

Bright, vibrant colors White, yellow chartreuse, green chartreuse, black, orange and blue.



Flymen has created a Q and A below.

Q: What kind of foam is the Double Barrel made of, and is it hard or soft foam? A: The Double Barrel is made of an extremely durable soft foam (EVA Closed-Cell Foam).

Q: What types and sizes of fly tying eyes are compatible with the Double Barrel? A: We have designed the Surface Seducer¨ Dragon Eyesª to fit the Double Barrel, but virtually any type of 3D Eyes on the market, including Fish-Skull¨ Living Eyesª, can be used to create great looking flies!

The Double Barrel's eye size compatibility is as follows:

¥ Extra-small Double Barrel: 3 mm eyes. ¥ Small Double Barrel: 3 mm eyes. ¥ Medium Double Barrel: 4 mm eyes. ¥ Large Double Barrel: 6 mm eyes ¥ Extra-large Double Barrel: 8.5 mm eyes.

Q: Which popper hooks fit the Double Barrelª? A: The Surface Seducer¨ Popper Hooks are matched as follows:

¥ Extra-small Double Barrel: #8 hooks. ¥ Small Double Barrel: #6 hooks. ¥ Medium Double Barrel: #2 hooks. ¥ Large Double Barrel: 2/0 to 4/0 wide gap, streamer hook or use a 28 mm Fish-Skull Big Game Shanks with a trailing hook. ¥ Extra-large Double Barrel: 5/0 to 6/0 wide gap, streamer hook or use a 40 mm Fish-Skull Big Game Shanks with a trailing hook.

Tip: When tying an articulated streamer using a Fish-Skull¨ ChocklettÕs Big Game Shank (or as a Tube fly), both methods allow you to use the hook of your choice. We suggest using a short-shank hook to reduce the leverage a hooked fish can exert and you may wish to use a small split ring to connect the articulated shank to the hook. This allows you to easily change out the hook (and tail of the fly) to adjust to different fishing situations and also extend the life of the popper.





Mounting the Double Barrel on a hook or Articulated Shank

Step 1



Select a bodkin or heated needle of roughly the same diameter as the hook or shank.

Step 2



Insert your bodkin from the tail socket and slowly push it through the foam body until it comes out the cup. Make sure it comes out in the correct position, which is slightly above and just past the bottom lip.

Step 3



Put the hook or Articulated Shank in your fly tying vise and cover the shank with thick, coarse thread wraps in a crisscross fashion. This is important for gripping the foam inside the popper body to prevent twisting.

Step 4



Put a liberal amount of clear-drying Super Glue Gel on the hook shank.

Step 5



Slowly but firmly mount the foam fly body onto the hook. Position as desired and leave for a minute or two to dry. Take out of vise and repeat with your next foam fly body and hook.

Note: Although it is Super Glue, it is suggested to leave your mounted hooks for an hour or two before working further on them. It sometimes takes time inside the foam for the glue to set properly.

Painting & decoration The smooth, strong, and shiny outer "popper skin" on the Double Barrel gives you several options for decorating your popper. There are various methods and techniques to customize your poppers and a wide range of materials available, such as paints, air-brush kits, clear coats, and markers. You can make anything you want, from a quick, basic popper to much more complex works of art. ItÕs up to you!

There are different approaches you can take based on your needs in terms of time and the degree of difficulty:

¥ Basic: If you wish to keep it quick and simple and go fishing, tie your popper without clear coating or painting the body. The Double BarrelÕs smooth outer skin and vibrant colors give your popper a bright, finished look.

¥ Clear coat: Cover the Double Barrel body in a clear coat to increase the durability of your popper and make the bright, vibrant colors really pop! Various clear coats could be used with the most popular typically being Epoxy (30-minute) water-based urethane adhesives such as Liquid Fusion, Sally HansenÕs Hard-As-Nails, or the newer UV light-curing resins such as Loon Outdoors UV Clear Fly Finish.

¥ Decorate & clear coat: Add spots, stripes, scales or shades of color to the unpainted popper body with a permanent marker or paintbrush, or create more complex painted patterns with an airbrush system. Then add a clear coat to protect your artwork during fishing.

¥ Paint, decorate & clear coat: This is the most time-consuming approach, but the reward for your efforts is a beautiful and durable fly. Mount the Double Barrel on the hook, then paint it with a primer followed by several layers of paint to create a great canvas on which to decorate your body and finally finish it off with a nice clear coat.