[surfrod]

I want to thank all of you for sharing your knowedge.

I have been building basic poppers for a while and they work good for me.
I have limited wood working skills so I keep the plugs simple.

I have a lathe, a chisel, rotary saw, drill and sand paper.
I use krylon paint in the spray can.
OH yes, I use screw eyes ( shame on me )

I submit this post for the new plug builders out there as encouragement to keep building.

I just built a danny style swimmer and it actually swims.
I used a #5 colorado blade, a 3/0 treble up front, a 5/0 siwash on the rear and 1/4 oz lead in the center of the belly. it's 6" long and can in at 2-1/4 oz. I tested it in the canal yesterday and it did great.

The second plug did not have the 1/4 oz in the belly. It could not make up its mind what it wanted to do ( swim or rollover ).
I'll add some weight and see what happens.

Again thanks for all the advise.

I have attached pictures, hope they show up.......