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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 12-13-2009, 09:58 AM   #1
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Ooo Lu toothaches suck. Did that this Spring, missed the best part of June because of it. Hope it gets resolved quick.

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Old 12-13-2009, 10:24 AM   #2
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Hello, I went to church and prayed for Paul's gastroenterologist. Hope the guy has a good face mask.

Gee Lu, a bridgeport couldn't fix that tooth for you? Them dentists will put a hole in your plug buying budget.

Speaking of keels, anybody here ever seen a Shakespeare Egyptian Wobbler? They made a "striper" version. The plug has a keel fin (a lot of their plugs did). Thinking I might try one for fun.

As for lips and roll, the wider the lip relative to the width of the plug, the more the problem. The lower the line tie the more it is magnified, but high line ties pull a plug deeper.

Many guys these days build "dannys" using fat bodies for buoyancy, underweight them, then use a high slot lip to pull it down and get it working. Makes for an impressive surface wake and a fast action. The originals have a lot of weight in them (10-12 grams for a medium), less bulbous midsections (less buoyancy) and low slot lips. They sit lower in the water and work at slower speeds than much of the new stuff. Even the Beachmaster dannys are now fatter than their original version (and the Pichneys).

Not sure the fish care, but I like dannys/donnys long with a slow wag and that start working at the slowest speed I can stand. As Fred pointed out, sometimes letting them sit and barely moving them is the best method, but it takes a better man than me to cast a plug out there then not start retrieving it right away.
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Old 12-13-2009, 10:30 AM   #3
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LOL.


I too am trying to do some old style dannies this year, thinner heavier ones like G stated. We will see if they work any good.

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