"Curiosity"

A version of the "Shakespeare Baby Popper" , found the building instructions in "The Book Of Lures" , by Charles K. Fox .

Original lure dates back to the early 1940's , but wasn't on the market for a long time .

My version is about 2 1/3" in lenght and turned down from abachewood .

The lure has a solid metal bead at its tail to act as a weight , providing a vertical swimming position at rest .

Twitched more or less powerful , it would gently pop on the surface and cause rings of small waves around it or cause a loud noise with an "explosion" of bubbles .

On a retrieve it doesn't have an appeal to the fish , I suppose . I guess , it's only meant to be tossed from spot to spot , made to pop on each location and then pulled further back in .