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Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
If you play with the darter more...
You might want to extend the slope on the darter farther back, I send mine at least 1/2 way up to about 2/3 back...
Also scoop the lip up to the middle of the face. I do mine on a belt sander.
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Thanks. I was thinking along the same lines, sorta like a bottle darter without the bottle shape. If you've got a picture please feel free to post it, I'm interested to learn you've got the idea to work. I've always used darters in moving water, but at the end of last year I started experimenting with them in still water, using a slow retrieve and small twitches of the rod tip. Some of them (the older style Gibbs in particular) look very appealing fished like this.......kind of like a needlefish that will dive and swim a bit. I'm also intrigued by the wide variety of freshwater darters sold over the years. I suspect it is a plug design that hasn't been developed very much in saltwater and about which there is still much to be discovered.