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The blue one is the common surface swimmer. Pichney-Lupo-BM-Gibbs- (and apparently Alou as well?) all build/built it. The white one is a "bootleg" Pichney (what Pichney called it I don't know). It looks to be a cross between a Conrad and surface swimmer. The lip slot is above center, the line tie only slightly below center, the lip has a longer vertical section. The head is narrower and the body widest further back, the weight moved back to float it level and deeper than the surface swimmer (same weight, less wood). Because of the high line tie it will likely go deeper, because of the shape and rearward weight it should cast better. I'll probably build one tomorrow and see what it does. Bassdozer's article claims it was a medium diver and useful from beaches and in "medium flows".
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