Cotton Cordell Pencil Poppers

[geoff72]

I have seen some dvds where they are using cotton cordell pencil poppers for trevally and queenies.
Seeing them on a dvd is one thing, finding out if they are any good is another.
Has anyone got one or used on before and recommened them or not recommend them.
I am chasing the same species of fish,probably not as big as the ones on the dvd.
any help would be great, comming up to xmas, time to stock up
cheers
geoff

[Noelm]

geees have not seen a Cotton cordell for years now, though I guess they are still made, almost any popper will work, when I was MUCH younger and had to make my own lures, the best was a piece of broom stick, cut at 45 degrees on the front, a hole drilled through the centre, and, a wire passed through and twisted at each end to put a treble on and a snap swivel on the front, the best of all was unpainted bare wood, sometimes we would even screw a small eyelet into the middle to fit another treble, and if we were really tricky we would hand paint them white with a red head, still bare SEEMEd to be best.

[Roo]

geoff,
cotton cordell pencil popper is still available from campbells for about 17 bucks. There are plenty of cheap copies about tho' or you could try to make your own. The broomstick works just as well.

cheers, roo

[keen_as_mustard]

Geoff,

The cotton cordell pencil popper was my favourite lure on my trip to Weipa. Managed to land numerous Trevally and Queenfish on this lure. The excitement of seeing a large bow wave appear behind your lure was fantastic.

But I have not used it on the gold coast yet - I find the smaller poppers here more suitable. The cordells are 15cm long, whereas the poppers I use down here are around 7cm long. Of course I am only talking about estuary fishing on the coast - may be perfect for the seaway, etc.

Marty