Power carve swimmer...

[Rockfish9]

seeing as I used all power tools, this little guy is not a hand carved...

I was going to post it as a Holiday carve but ran out of time...


I made it out of mahogany, for casting and swimming depth, I have also had good luck with pine and cedar...I've also made some hybreds from Mahogany( head) and cedar(tail) these swim with a tail up attitude and tend to stay closer to the surface...

This plug is sealed with BLO, primed with Zinzer oil base and rattle can painted, three or 4 coats of spray varnish provides the finish...for a little added flash, I applied a touch of glitted betweeen the first and second coat of varnish..

The plug is 5" long 15/16 wide at its head and tapers down to 1/4" at the tail, the joint is made from brass toilet chain links ,the lip is cut from lexan( the bill is 7/8" wide and 1 3/8" long) and placed at a 30 degree angle 1/2" deep and 1/2" back from the nose,#4 SS screws secure the liks on the side and belly, I used 3/4" long screw eyes that were secured by a drop of 1 hour (water proof )epoxy, I got the original specs from a 5" nils master minnow and tweaked and jointed it to fit my own needs..it swims down about 12-18" (Mahogany) with a tight frightend minnow action....

First I trace my pattern on graff paper.... I then cut it out and using spray adhesive, attach it to my block of wood...

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