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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

 
 
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Old 06-04-2012, 08:35 PM   #18
Eric Roach
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...A grommet also helps in another way: This weight was used in the back of a bluefish skipper and I wanted a swivel at the attachment point. To accomplish this I ran wire through the swivel ring and crimped the wire and the ring flat, then thread the wire through the plug backwards. The body of the swivel seats nicely in the cup of the grommet. I "tail-wrap" at the nose of this plug.
Here's a picure of what I'm trying to describe. It's a 4" Ranger-style bluefish skipper made from Ipe. Weighs about 1.4 oz.
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