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Figuring out weighting of a plug your duplicating
Guys I'm working on some BM little guys, I have an original so I know the diameter of the belly weight but I don't know how deep it goes. I've tried float testing both my copy and the original with no hooks, basically just the lip, through wire, grommets and swivel. Then I added belly weight to mine until I got it to sit the same level in the water,. Short of cutting the plug in half or having it xrayed is there a better method for figuring out how much weight to use? When I test swam my copy it rolled out at a moderate retrieve, had about 5.5 grams of belly weight. Bending the line tie up a little solved this but also caused the plug to go subsurface at a moderate retrieve.
I can't seem to find any rigging information for this plug online, So I just through a cut 6x 2/0 on the belly and 5/0 dressed siwash on the tail.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance
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