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A few things to consider. How do you like to fish (surface, subsurface), what conditions do you fish, what is the bait like in those areas, and how does the bait swim. Now try to replicate that. Once I have a size/profile I like I'll try various lips, hooks, hook locations, weight sizes/locations to get the best action I can out of the plug. Usually that takes some tweaking at a test pond, or better yet, at the area you want to fish them. You can use screw eyes to aid in determining hook locations. Wide rubber band to attach a slug of lead so you can move it around and find the best location. Once you have a good idea of how much lead and where, the location of hooks, etc, you can turn a couple more to those specs and tweak some more from there. Most of my test plugs are either not sealed, or just have sealer. I'll sometime prime them so I can see them better as they swim. Even draw a line with a sharpie down the back and for the eyes so I can better judge the action. Once I have something down how I like, I'll turn a few more and paint, then show them to fish. The fish may give you some additional ideas for tweaking the plug.
Jigman
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