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This is different. For several years now I've wondered why we don't make sinking plugs that swim like a heavy spoon or tin squid. Turns out someone else figured this out years ago. I found this plug in the bottom of a tackle box I used as a kid (35 years ago). I don't know what it is called (if you can identify it please tell us) and I always thought it was a popper that doesn't pop. But it turns out it is not a popper at all, rather it is an ingenious swimmer. It's action is something like a good swimming needlefish, or littleneck popper, though it swimms better than either. Give it a tug and it will lunge to the surface, pause and it drops with a wobble, retrive steady and it sways along flashing its flanks and swinging its tail. I haven't fished it, but I suspect it should be good. I've made a bunch of copies, all bigger, out of pine and maple. They take ALOT of lead, but boy do they look good in the water. Now if i can just learn how to paint 'em.

Here is one of the wooden "copies".

And a closer shot.

Umm...
You own an X-Ray machine?

:skulz: :spin:

Painting looks good to me NS. :kewl: Had no idea they used rattles 35 years ago. :doh:

That looks something like the plug I made for the crazy swap 2 years back, and its weighted very similarly although mine still needed some tweaking, sounds like it moves something like the ones I made. Pretty cool.

That is a really sweet shape and profile.

looks good to me

I was gonna say looks like canal man swap plug .. Very intteresting shape... nice work .. you got awesome skillz ... who r u ?

I thing flaptail said he was a MD. who loves fishing.

Pretty nifty!

:claps:
Good Stuff Doc.

That's a cool plug. Did you use screweyes? I'd like to see that swim.:kewl:

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...0&d=1082933659

Rep to Canalman. Henceforth I'm calling these things "Lazyfish". Here I am reinventing the wheel. Canalman, how did your's work? Looks like a perfect scup imitation.

hey nummy, who says you can't paint. nice lookin' plug!

Those are big long screw eyes, they'll hold in maple, the pine ones I'm not so sure about (on one I cast a sinker eye right into a 5/8 x 3/8 lead plug- 1 of 4 it takes to sink the thing)

Interesting plug design :kewl: Nice paint too!

JPI, Surely you've come across rattles before. Heck, I've dug up rattles that were 1500 years old. How old did you say you were :huh: :hidin: :rotf2: :wavey:

Jigman

Jigster, old enough to remember finding and reading the original manuscripts which read--

" AND THOU SHALT HAVE DOMINION OVER THE ANIMALS--- EXCEPT OF COURSE THE CATS" :D

George, that plug was made by Cotton Cordell, they were only on the market for a few years in the seventies (early). Can't remeber the actual plug name though but give me a while. Nice work. We have to get together after X-Mas for those lessons we talked about. Santo will be dropping by your house if your good.:hidin:

Nice work!
Gives me a few ideas to play around with....
Very interesting concept...

Flap's right - made by Cordell. Called the "Blue-striper" if I'm not mistaken.

Thats it!