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Old 03-06-2012, 03:48 PM   #3
piemma
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Originally Posted by Rockfish9 View Post
Most of my swimmers and poppers are from WRC...
Most of my darters are from birch... my Pinkney style is made from maple... I make some shallow water runners( darters) from AYC

some deep water swimmers ( Conrads, slope heads) I make from birch
my sinking needles are from Mahogany as are my blue streak knock offs.. but AYC works well here too.... my floaters are from WRC..

I've also made some nice stuff out of clear pine...
I am not in the same class of plugbuilders as most of you guys but my plugs look Ok and catch fish well. I use AYC for everything. I pour a lead weight about 2/3 of the way back on my swimmers. How much lead depends on how heavy I want the plug for casting and the sink rate I'm looking for. The one thing about the AYC is I have never sealed them before painting and I have never had one split paint or flake. I think that's why we use AYC because it doesn't absorb water.

Last edited by piemma; 03-06-2012 at 04:10 PM..

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