[stripermaineiac]

Hi Guys, Few people know more about the Atom Poppers than those of us from Stripers Unlimited who were Bob Ponds good friends and did a lot of his testing for him. yes the old plugs took a beating and fell apart at time but they were designed to catch Stripers not bluefish like the Smoker Baits that G. Metcalf the new owner of Atom had on the market. He took the Atom label and got rid of the old molds and plug designs and put his in their place. These plugs aren't even made in the US any more . They are made in Costa Rica or someplace like that . The quality is so poor that the paint jobs don't even line up with the bodies. The owner has taken it upon himself to disreguard any imput from his would-be customers and by doing so has opened himself and his product to any and all criticizm that comes his way. The old plugs are getting harder and harder to find to the point that I now rebuild the old ones with epoxy to make them work again. If and when you find them you have found a treasure worth enjoying as it is one of the best Striper catchers on the Striper Coast. Many of us refuse to use them and would never bother buying them as they are no good. I could go on as there is a lot of bad things done to the Atom name . Lets just say it aint Atom no more. Ron