Wood

[justplugit]

I've been working on my first prototype of a pencil popper type plug.[not a true pecil popper] I used mahogany thinking the red cedar and ayc would be too light for throwing.

I want the head tip to lay on top and the tail sit just a little below the water line.After a trial of tail weighting and switching out different size hooks , the whole plug still sits too low in the water. I can't get the head up without the tail sitting too low.
Has to be the density of the wood unless you guys have an answer. What wood would you use for a second try? Thanks.

BTW- i found some great stuff for tweaking tail weight a tad. If you need a hair more weight you can get Tungsten coneheads in the fly fishing dept that fit over the wire and slide into a 3/16 tail hole behind your tailweight for a little extra weight.