no visible belly weight .. yes its a Pichney .. Funny,, the hooks bouncing off the wood ,,the sound is very resonant.. sounds like hard wood . Maybe your picking up weight soaking in that crude oil .. My cpes is light and wispy ..

Can you ALWAYS see the weights in a Pichney (new to studying the master)... I borrowed some Pichney large Dannys from Charley Soares and you can't see a belly weight to save your life----I know they're in there though.... I just know it! :laughs:

-Dave

I'd say very visible, didn't try to hide them in the ones I have seen. I'd say it is a heavier wood if no visible signs of belly weight. Like to get the calipers on one of those danny's Dave:hee: George I bet those Jr's will be fine. Nice job.

I haven't seen enough unfished ones to be sure. In the few I have the weight hole is readily evident. If you are looking to know how much weight in a large Danny, I have one that I'll probably xray next week.

Yes I'd like to know that. One of them was still sealed in the original bag, I refused to open it but Charley insisted. Still had the masters thumb print on the lip!

I can't imagine a danny swimming properly w/o weight but my last name is Anderson not Pichney

Buddy!

conrads
 

all conrads had lead in them 8 to 10 grams even the maples.a 40 lip just wont work maples were made for super fast tides and wont swim right just anywere .stick with pine or ayc .hope i was some help

:btu: Thanks
Yes that was some help.

wow .. tip of the day ..

Thank you mucho

Nice thread..

I'm gonna try toying with the body shape a little...

I have found with the conrads U have to make the lip.It has a pretty steep face..It's not hard to make a few.
I rough em out with snips an clean em up on the belt sander.
Play with the length of the lower portion of the lip.I made a jr that went 2.7 oz
The lower part of the lip was slightly longer.. I thru it out in a 1 kt current an I could barely bring it back.It had a real wide wobble bam bam bam back an forth.I couldn't even pop it out of the water.I thought about giving it a big shot of lead in the pooper but that would take away from the depth,I thought..
I took it home an ground down the lenght of the lip some an it works nice an tight...
Not sure about the depth.Maybe 5 ft.I think the depths obtained on some wooden lures is slightly over rated...

You mean like these.
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=45686

I made the big ones too. Thanks for the info Tony. I will put it to good use. I am making some Bluestreak A-40 type lips tonite as they are different than the A-40 lips available right now, not a lot but different.

Question for you. How much lead did you put in the belly of the one you made? A big chunk up past the thru wire?

No, If I go thru the wire I pour it in little blasts so it don't go everywhere.
I don't remember how much lead.A good sized chunk.I use whats around an beat it to shape.I do remember it came out heavier than I originally wanted.I messed up the first coat of epoxy an had to go 2 coats which also made it heavier.But it was ok.
Nice lips..