Big Popper How to/ Blue Streak 3 oz

[numbskull]

Here is a how-to for a big popper.
This is the large Blue Streak.
weighs 3.1 oz rigged with 4/0's, floats near vertical (about 80 degrees)with the water (fresh) just above the first grommet.

It is 7 3/8" long
1.33" wide at the head, .60"at the tail.
1.06" at the second hook which is 2 9/16" from the TAIL
1.32" at first hook, which is 5 3/4" from the TAIL
It has a 1/2 " slope to the head (a 73 degree cut on your mitre gauge).
The face is cupped asymmetrically (see the second photo)
The cup measures 1.18", but it turns out a 1.25" salty ball cuts it right (more on that to come).
The plug carries a big tail weight. 5/16x 1.5" approximately.

Rumor has it that original Blue streaks were mahogany.....I used pine and it seems pretty close weight wise. If you use mahogany be careful.....mahogany nowadays is not the same as the Honduran mahogany that was widely available when blue streaks were made.

The posts that follow will explain how I built 'em. There are other ways to make poppers and anybody starting out would do well to search under popper mouth or popper face first.

Here we go.