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Originally Posted by Redsoxticket
pencil poppers don't have cupped fronts.
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Well, most have a slight cup, but it is usually out of the water. Gotta wonder, however if he is asking about poppers (rather than pencils) vs spooks. As asked, I think pencils are better plugs when you want to raise more commotion, cover more distance, or fish in current. I like them better in strong winds or cross winds over spooks and also in low light conditions. I like spooks better on calmer sunny days and clearer (or shallower) water. I think a spook is generally more of a finesse plug than a pencil, although a slow gently worked pencil can be very effective in the same conditions. With either plug, I find better success if I vary the retrieve with starts, stops, twitches and fast spurts than if I maintain a steady rhythmic retrieve more than 10 or 15 feet at a time. Regular poppers, I don't fish much (except on rare canal outings), but every year I read about massive fish eating them during the day (and sometimes night) in the hands of novices, I look at how popular 8" poppers were back in the early days of plugging, and I get a queasy suspicion in the pit of my stomach that I may be missing out on something.
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