Fly Tying Tutorial: Deer Hair Frog Popper - STACK & TRIM Deer Hair 

Maybe high quality, useful models and a reasonable price is the answer? ;-)

@@maniachill3069 nah.

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Bevanflyfishnz the liquid fusion is much more shock resistant and flexible. Critical for a popper face. You probably could get away with resin, but it wouldn’t be as durable.

microvert foam poppers catch fishermen. The best way to catch a bunch of fish is to grab a wad of velveeta and tip it with a nightcrawler. That way you don’t even have to buy a fancy fly building vise. Win win!!!

Maybe there's a place for both. I've fished foam and deer hair flies for years. At some point after about an hour of fishing a deer hair bug loses some flotation compared to foam and starts to creep down in the surface film. Deer hair divers in that state have caught all but one of my personal best largemouth bass.

Deer hair flies in similar style predate foam poppers by about fifty years. This is old school.

I like these hair bugs and they are the reason i started tying 50 yr ago. One of the reasons anyway. I also use foam and cork. They all are a little different in the water. Balsa is another material i have used. Foam is the most simple and probably the most durable. I just prefer hair bugs and yes it is old school. I like tying them but they are messy to trim. I love spinning the hair but the hair is not as tightly packed. At least mine are not.