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Originally Posted by wrikerjr
Dave,
I am by far no expert like you. I have about 15 of danny's conrad's floating around my house and most of them are off with friends at this point as i completed the build and am very happy.
Some were indeed made of pine and some were birch or maple (i am not 100% sure it is all maple, but its not rock maple that is for sure). I actually cut 5 of the plugs in half (i know i know but i don't have a x-ray machine access and my dentist looked at me like i had 5 heads when i asked him to x-ray the plugs) so i did what i had to do.
Of the 5 plugs i cut in half 4 were made of maple and one of pine. Some of the maples had weight in them and some did not but they all seimed to weigh the same at the end. The pine was heavily weighted but the line tie was lower. All lips were the same and all plugs sat at rest the same in the water. I have never seen a conrad plug that is neutrally buyount or sinks without a retrieve. The maple when retrieved went down about 6 feet on average and you could tune them to go lower but the pine only went down about 2 feet and you could get it on top easily as well.
I thoroughly enjoyed the article you wrote on the conrad junior and as a plug builder who did my research and extensive testing can say what you wrapped up in the article took me about 1 1/2 years to do and i would do it again as I like to learn from every build i take on.
Kindest,
Billy
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I'm no expert, I'm just someone who is interested in the methods of the masters like the rest of us. Your info is extremely interesting... of the ones I tested, I had a sinker that sunk head-down and a floater... I liked the action of the floater better so I set out to build that one. Luckily it was worn and I could tell that the plug was made of pine.. I worked out my version from there.
-Dave