Finished 14mm cork ball pop ups

[LC1975]

Hello,

Does anyone know if a finished 14mm cork ball pop rolled with a 10mm cork ball will hold up a hinge or chod rig? All the places I know that sell them only do them in 16mm.

I was thinking about making my own and don't want to waste money on hardware if 14mm finished hook baits are not up for the job.

Thanks

 

[yonny]

A real good 10mm cork ball will be ok but it's tricky to get really good cork balls nowadays. It's a lot safer bet using 12 mm cork balls for a 14 mm pop up.👍

[hutch]

I agree with Yonny the rule of thumb with cork balls used to be use a cork ball 2mm smaller than your intended bait size

[Carpy George]

On 17/03/2026 at 20:08, LC1975 said:

Hello,

Does anyone know if a finished 14mm cork ball pop rolled with a 10mm cork ball will hold up a hinge or chod rig? All the places I know that sell them only do them in 16mm.

I was thinking about making my own and don't want to waste money on hardware if 14mm finished hook baits are not up for the job.

Thanks

 

 

[Carpy George]

Hello there, It all depends on your hook size/weight of hook, It certainly wouldn't hold up a size 4 Korda chod hook which I use as even when i've used 12mm cork balls (gardner) and made them into 15mm cork ball pop ups they have flopped on me in around 14 hours.