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Old 03-14-2012, 07:02 AM   #3
Rockfish9
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The perfect movement.. your going to get alot of differant answers on this one.. and most will be correct...for me... the perfect movement on any plug is to make it actualy look alive or that it is dieing...

I've watched mackerel and herring schools swim..
I've watched pogies flip and stage ( not in recent years in our neck of the woods)

so when i build a plug.. I want it to mimic these actions.. not the mechanical actions of a stcik of wood...I've watched bass knock bait ( all of the above) out of the water and watched the bait do thier death dance... so when i build a plug.. I want it to look like a staging/swimming bait or one that just got blasted by a 30lb cow... I try not to concern myself as to how others rig their plugs and concentrate on what works for me with the naterials I have, of coarse thee are common guidelines that are followed.. but the final tweaking is what makes the plug do what I want it to do... I then take my "creation" to the field and let the fish decide... after all they are the best judge.

Roll is an inherrant part of a danny style plug.. some of it can be tuned out... roll is not a bad thing.. provided it is not so viloent it rolls out... because theis style plug is designed to fish slowly... the roll is rarly and issue... I make all my danny style plugs "blind" this takes some of the roll "illusion" away..

A good run is better than a bad stand!
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