bass gurgler help please

JR wrote:

- What colors and combinations of colors have you found effective for
LMB? Same as for bass`poppers?

Just in case Big Dale isn't lurking around, I'll toss out my
thoughts on this. Be advised that I tend to fish on rivers, and as
often as not, I'm targeting Guadalupe bass rather than largemouths.
But, I do have experience with LMB.

Colors are pretty much the same as poppers. It partially depends on
what you're hoping to imitate. I tie them in frog colors (variations on
green, brown, yellow and sometimes chartreuse is in the mix), and
sometimes do them in all olive. Some folks like them in black.

- If you're using several layers of thin foam instead of one thick
piece, do you glue them together, or just rely on holding them together
with thread wraps?

Glue them together. The 3M adhesive spray (77?) is nasty stuff, but
it works pretty well. You just have to figure out a way to weight
things down without getting the glue all over everything. (Wax paper
works pretty well as a barrier.)

- What sort/sizes of hooks? In larger sizes, I've only got TMC 300s and
5263s but I suspect the shanks on these may be too long for gurglers.

I use Mustad 3366 sizes 4 or 6, but if you're going after really big
fish, you might even go up to size 2 or larger.