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12-10-2010, 09:32 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Best Wood ?
I've seen them in all manner of woods, but isn't maple what the originator used, seeing that it is dense and will give the plug the depth it is designed for?
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12-10-2010, 09:37 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WoodyCT
I've seen them in all manner of woods, but isn't maple what the originator used, seeing that it is dense and will give the plug the depth it is designed for?
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No. They were pine, but all different sorts of pine and all kinds of weights. The wood type doesn't matter as long as the plug is weighted correctly to float the way I described, and the correct lip mounted at the correct height is used. The depth any weighted plug achieves comes more from the lip geometry and line tie position than from what wood is used.
Last edited by numbskull; 12-10-2010 at 09:43 AM..
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12-10-2010, 09:50 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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I find the Jr size ones bite better than the Sr, especially in current.
I made a bunch of Sr. sized ones and thought they sucked until I listened to Numby's explanation on how to use them. They're not diving plugs, they're "descending" plugs that need some patience to work properly. A long cast or free spooling in current helps attain the maximum depth as the further away from you they get, the deeper you can get them to descend.
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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12-10-2010, 10:52 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Probably a silly question
How does the conrad lip make such a difference as opposed to a lip used on a danny? Is it a deep diver because the of the turned up edges?
Oh, and could Numbskull be kind enough to put up for viewing his schem's of the plug with out actually putting all the info up. Like you did with the Lido?
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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12-10-2010, 01:47 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
How does the conrad lip make such a difference as opposed to a lip used on a danny? Is it a deep diver because the of the turned up edges?
Oh, and could Numbskull be kind enough to put up for viewing his schem's of the plug with out actually putting all the info up. Like you did with the Lido?
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All this stuff is available in the plug forum, including xrays of the plugs and pictures of the lips. I'm pretty sure there are dimensions posted as well, if not Paul would have them (I just measure as i go).
The turned up edges just narrow a lip to produce less roll.
The Conrad lip works because there is a high line slot, and a long distance between the line tie and bottom portion of the lip that serves to tilt the plug forward and down. The weight of the plug has less to do with it, but obviously the less buoyancy the lip has to overcome the better (until you get into shallow water at which point you need some buoyancy to get it back up and in).
Last edited by numbskull; 12-10-2010 at 01:53 PM..
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12-10-2010, 01:52 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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So does anybody else have experience fishing these things in breachways? Are you fishing the inside curve or outside (uptide) side?
You drifting them or casting and swinging across?
How about trolling? Anybody dragged one on wire? Maybe with a skin?
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