Val oil ?'s agian

[Slipknot]

poplar is crap

[Thumb-Burner]

you aren't by any chance drilling the belly holes after you seal them are you.. I did that on a few not realizing that when i drilled the hole none of that was sealed.. they all split at the belly holes and the eye holes..

doubt anyone but me... uh.. i mean my dumb buddy would do that though..

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

poplar is crap

WELL SEALED IT IS OKAY. NO PROBLEMS WITH IT.

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

i have made hundreds of pencils out of poplar and have never had one crack or the paint peel.as far as it being a crap wood for exterior that has to do with resistance to decay not anything else.

[winchmaster]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

poplar is crap

Boy do I agree with Slip on this. Before my trip last Fall to RI/Mass a friend gave me a bunch of poplar. Stuff turns very nice, since I was testing it out on the trip I did not seal. I wanted to see what would happen. Well the pearl danny swam like a champ.......... for about three swishes then it disapeared in the maws of a nice striper. (My fault should of retied)
The second plug (pencil popper) did battle with blues in Mass but it's fate was sealed when a blue thought my leader needed shortening.
The last, another danny did not get used on the trip. I happened to be in the shop a couple of days ago and the paint and finish had sepparated from the wood. I have a dozen pencils hanging that were sealed with a hardner, but I have real serious doubts in them lasting. So forget the poplar, no matter how free you get it. Why deal with a wood that is not able to do what you want.