spook tail weight ?

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by gldnbear93

and one I have been playing around with....

bury the tailweight deeper up the chute and plug it with a nylon spacer

example-if you use a 1" tailweight drill out the butt end 1 1/2- 2" deep, insert tailweight then insert the spacer to fill the hole. you can get the spacers in the hardware dept (where they have the screws, bolts etc) at homies.

If you are drilling the front of the through hole lower than center then this will also act SLIGHTLY as a keel weight and you don't have to drill a belly hole and fill it with weight then epoxy.

I'll post a picture later if you want.

I've been doing that with needles for years
works good for spooks as well


Excellant post Jigman

[Lower]

Agree...excellent post jigman. Tons of information in that one.

I really haven't started many "how do I do this type threads", but really wanted to here a little more on peoples thoughts about it. I agree with what you said above about making anything walk the dog. With a half way decent profile and some lead in the arse...it walks. Like I've seen Tagger say in the past. I got got plugs that walk and catch fish...but they'll kill you of exhaustion doing it! I guess my goal was to make something that would walk/glide with a little more ease. I keep seeing over and over how great the jiggy/jigsmith spook is. I never doubted it, just curious why. From what I've heard from other it's from how easily it works. That's when I figured I put some time into seeing what makes it work easier...not just work. Anyway...thanks for chiming in and the help...much appreciated.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Lower

Agree...excellent post jigman. Tons of information in that one.

Like I've seen Tagger say in the past. I got got plugs that walk and catch fish...but they'll kill you of exhaustion doing it!

I fell victim to a distance casters mentality . Made spooks out of maple , mahogony , birch .. They'll work, but wear you down ,, not fun after a while . If I see fish out in the middle of the canal I'm reaching for a Pencil Popper . I think spooks cast great ,, just not your optimun distance . That being said , I swear a spook will raise a fish when nothing eles will .. Always one with me ,,

[gldnbear93]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I've been doing that with needles for years
works good for spooks as well

yup works great with needles. starting to play with it for topwater

here's an example (not a spook but same ideafor the weights) this one is drilled almost to the belly hole about 3" deep. These are not the inserts I'm using for this plug-just what's handy at the moment. The nose hole is way down almost in the botton of the cup, so the weight acts as a keel along with the bouyancy of the wood above the through wire, keeping this plug upright. I'm really looking forward to this one hitting the water for further testing.

[numbskull]

Those nylon bushings get expensive real fast. I gave up and started center drilling dowels. Drill a hole in a wood block (clamped to your drill table) about 3/4" deep, the same size as your dowel, swap out drill bits, put a short piece of dowel in the hole, and drill 1/2 way through, flip it and drill the other end. String a bunch on a wire, soak in your sealer, dry......spacers galore good to go.

You can also use tubing as a cheap spacer, but you lose some buoyancy as the space will fill with water.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Those nylon bushings get expensive real fast. I gave up and started center drilling dowels. Drill a hole in a wood block (clamped to your drill table) about 3/4" deep, the same size as your dowel, swap out drill bits, put a short piece of dowel in the hole, and drill 1/2 way through, flip it and drill the other end. String a bunch on a wire, soak in your sealer, dry......spacers galore good to go.

You can also use tubing as a cheap spacer, but you lose some buoyancy as the space will fill with water.

You always got me learning ..

[stripercrazy]

was the year of the spook...big pogys in the prov aera...I would be in a line of 50 people throwing poppers and..the blues would swim by all the poppers to hit my spook (or who ever had a spook on) it was nuts.. at least 20-1 hits over the poppers....they would also hit a pencil that was glided...pickey bluefish...only a few of us had spooks...most people off line don't use them, very few had pencil poppers too

[gldnbear93]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Those nylon bushings get expensive real fast. I gave up and started center drilling dowels. Drill a hole in a wood block (clamped to your drill table) about 3/4" deep, the same size as your dowel, swap out drill bits, put a short piece of dowel in the hole, and drill 1/2 way through, flip it and drill the other end. String a bunch on a wire, soak in your sealer, dry......spacers galore good to go.

You can also use tubing as a cheap spacer, but you lose some buoyancy as the space will fill with water.

Pay attention to this man, he always seems to have a great idea and/or analysis!

[stripercrazy]

there 3/8 dowel...I thru drill them sometimes

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Dont forget to seal'm