Spook Hell..........Help

[Muskyslayer96]

Oh yeah,

Eric, that spook is KILLER!!!!!!!!!

and the pics of your shop are out of bounds

Awesome stuff!!

MS

[Eric Roach]

Thanks for the comments, MS, and I too appreciate the willingness to share from those more experienced -- that's the main reason I stick to this site.

[Eric Roach]

Couple of minor comments:

• In the herring example, the eye is really at 1.5" from the nose.
• The rear of the plug is actually callipered at .525".
• The mushroom weight in the rear was custom made by Professor M -- I placed it in the lathe and filed the "flange" of the mushroom until it was .525". You could make your own mushroom mold out of hardwood -- or skip it altogether, I'm sure.
• The design originally had a concave taper from the shoulder to the tail. I finally took that out and was surprised what that did to help its ability to walk.
• Despite the reverse-pencil design, it actually casts pretty straight and far for a spook.
• I hand-drilled the eye recesses with a forstner -- because the eyes are so far down the taper from the shoulder I didn't want the big recesses a 90 degree drill job would create; they are deep enough so when epoxied they are nearly flush with the curve of the plug.
• The hooks on the plug are a 3/0 VMC treble and a 3/0 VMC Siwash.