So I made my first batch of saltwater poppers. It was apparent that I needed some way of painting the foam poppers. Using a marker was not the answer. I found Copic Airbrushing system but it is pretty pricey. I have an air compressor- so I thought of going the route of an actual airbrush- but I don't know anything about it and did not want to get the wrong thing or a poorly working brush.

Then I saw a device called a Spritzer. It works on the same idea as the copic airbrush, ie you install a colored marker at the tip and force air over it to get the "airbrush" look. The difference is that the spritzer is a hand plunger, one squeeze gets you one spray. The problem mostly is you can not do any accurate work with it. So I rigged up my air blower into the spritzer nozzle and made my own air gun. It isn't perfect, but you know what, the fish really aren't as critical as fisherman are.

I also got some 5 minute epoxy and a fly and jig dryer. I like the 5 minute epoxy way better than the UV stuff.

Anyway, without further ado here are the first batch of poppers.

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