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Hello. Tested a bunch of stuff this week (the break in the weather was great).
Medium Pichney dannys with tail weights (and the available oversized lips) were fine.
Small version of my skinny donny was fine (but now I wonder why I want them anyways)
The Musso lipless swimmer and Musso bottledarter were unimpressive (probably just not right since I don't have originals)
Swam an original Pichney A40 that is much bigger than his more common version (looks like it was built on a conrad body). Very impressed.....off to the xray and cloning dept for that one.
Tried out Back Beach's rumor plug, the Musso Eely clone, that I'd never had heard of until he sent me searching. Jackpot there! Big time I suspect. Came home and started a mess more immediately. Way cool bringing something like this back to life. I'd thank Mike, but to think I learned something this good about plugs from an eel guy is more than I can bear.
The plug that was a disappointment was the large Pichney SS. Although as exact as I can make them, they don't swim like the BM versions (that have a slight concavity to the front 1/2). I think the flat/convex forward shape of the Pichney may be planing the head of the plug up and lifting the lip requiring a faster retrieve to keep it working. Whatever, it means more tweeking.
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