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Originally Posted by NIB
Nice I have to agree with NS
Its alot of space without a hook.
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Actually, I don't fret too much about the number of hooks on a plug. As Finadict points out, big fish usually inhale the thing. Rather, I'm more interested in the way the plug floats. Jointed plugs usually float with the tail hanging down, and swim with the head down, which brings it through the water in bent back shape (at least at slow retrieve speeds). Works fine, just think of a jointed bomber. By chance, however, years ago I built a jointed swimmer that seems to be a real "magic" plug" for me............one that consistently catches fish, even when things are slow. I've had trouble reduplicating it. Two things I've noticed about it are that it swims more level than the others I've built, and it's bouyancy is very close to neutral (its made out of maple), which lets it suspend when I pause my retrieve. I also like long hackles on the tail of this type plug. They act like a third jointed section and give the plugs a seductive sinuous action.
Don, I'm sorry to hijack your thread (and meant my comments as something else to try, not criticism). Your plugs are beautiful and likely will work great in their own right. It is just that I've puzzled for years as to why this one plug I own works so well. Recently, and partly because of fishing your Afterhours needle, I'm staring to think a lure's shape, bouyancy, and attitude of float when paused, can be as important as it's action during the retrieve. I've got an idea that a well balanced jointed eel may combine the best features of a swimmer and a needle in one plug.........then at last I can outfish that pituitary freak, Flap.