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01-26-2006, 02:36 PM
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Needlefish Nazi
Join Date: Mar 2001
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There are better woods to use than POOPULAR .Right Slip
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01-26-2006, 03:56 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Hey Bruce do they have any 2"x2" or 1.75" x 1.75" Ayc stock. The 1.5"x 1.5" stock I have just isn't big enough for what I want to make. I should say anything 1.75" or 2.0" thick, 2.0" would be the best, any width I can rip down. Paul
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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01-26-2006, 04:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1,442
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I used poplar for a while. It is decent stuff, depending on what you want to make. It is a little more dense than AYC. I believe there are a few commercial builders that use if? I know one of the guys on SOL uses it a lot, and his plugs are well sought after. I know I like to beat the snot out of them 
Seal it well, it will do fine.
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01-26-2006, 05:04 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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01-26-2006, 05:10 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Scott....how you doing?  I know your a "poplar" guy!  How do you find it works for you? |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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01-26-2006, 05:24 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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We use a lot of poplar for interior finish thats to be painted .. If it gets wet, it gets tossed as it will go whoopy.. I guess if you seal it well . Sh#t ,,hardwoods split if you don't seal them well .....cedar /white pine would be my first choice for surface lures .
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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01-26-2006, 08:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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Thanks everyone. I got a bunch of red cedar and a couple plugs out of the poplar doing the 24 hour dunk in 50/50 val oil/turpentine. Hey they are just for me so if they disintergrate no big woop. Ones I dunked and dried already held up well and really took the juice. We will see what we will see.  |
Why even try......... 
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01-26-2006, 05:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,705
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Regardless of how dry it is and how well you seal poplar it has no application being near water or changes in temperature.
The only reason a commercial plug builder would use it I would assume is because its cheap enough and looks killer when first painted.
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