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stripermaineiac · 01-05-2014, 11:10 AM

LOL. I've done experiment after experiment with AYC,maple,several pines,mahogany,bass wood,red cedar,birch well you get the pic. There can be as much as 1/2 oz from one end of a 8' board to another weight change in a plug blank due to density changes caused by mother nature and the position of cut ie center cut ,bottom of the tree or top of a tree.No 2 peices of wood are really the same. Take several of the same plugs you have and you'll see what I mean.The weights we buy can be all over the place.Even from the best sources. One thing I learned about soaking is that the weight change on a plug body will be uniform from end to end so the balance you've worked out will still work.The difference will show most in swimmers as far as how deep they sit in the water and how deep they'll swim.Your denser woods normally vary a little . The less dense can be all over the place.This is not gosphel just what I've found. weather and humidity also make a differenc. Hope this helps. Might not.

01-05-2014, 11:10 AM	#6
stripermaineiac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Buxton, Maine Posts: 1,727	LOL. I've done experiment after experiment with AYC,maple,several pines,mahogany,bass wood,red cedar,birch well you get the pic. There can be as much as 1/2 oz from one end of a 8' board to another weight change in a plug blank due to density changes caused by mother nature and the position of cut ie center cut ,bottom of the tree or top of a tree.No 2 peices of wood are really the same. Take several of the same plugs you have and you'll see what I mean.The weights we buy can be all over the place.Even from the best sources. One thing I learned about soaking is that the weight change on a plug body will be uniform from end to end so the balance you've worked out will still work.The difference will show most in swimmers as far as how deep they sit in the water and how deep they'll swim.Your denser woods normally vary a little . The less dense can be all over the place.This is not gosphel just what I've found. weather and humidity also make a differenc. Hope this helps. Might not.