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George thanks for taking the time to elaborate on the lips and process.
The reason/thought process behind this plug is as follows:
I fish a bunch of shallow reef systems, sweeping current with lots of white wash and sub surface plugs are the go to, usually redfins or ss darters fish dead slow, cast into the wash get tight to the plug and slow crank, the pockets are very small and pretty shallow no more than 6 feet, but its about a 50 to 75 yard cast depending on the stage of the tide and how far out you safely get.
So the point of the plug is to cast good (this is one of the better casting metal lips I've built) and be able to dig in/hold in the wash and into the pockets, think this plug will fit that niche great.
Ive done well with eelys there but they lack the needed casting distance to hit the sweet spot.
I barely fish calm water unless its false dawn or sunset, so having a true surface plug isn't called for that much.
I would rather have a plug that will excel in being a subsurface swimmer than I can tune a little to make it stay on top than a true surface swimmer like a danny or surfster. Or one I can just slow crank it for topwater action.
I do have a bunch of lips and weights coming in, and a couple dozen of these bodies turned that havent been drilled out yet for hooks, weights or lip slots. So Ill play around with them and try and find maybe a couple ways to build the same body but have different actions,weights and lips.
If I stick with this lip/weighting it will get 6x 2/0 or 3/0 hooks.
the dock I use for my swim testing is pretty sweet, it extends pretty far out and is level with the water at high tide and sometimes even a little under water, so its a pretty good spot.
Ive made the mistake of testing on a higher perch and then found out the plug is a different animal in the surf.
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