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Old 01-31-2006, 05:57 AM   #1
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Needle fish nose loop

Vertical or horizontal? Why? I've noticed them both ways. I've always done mine vertical. Then I began thinking about how you tune other plugs and the nose loop is horizontal. So now I'm thinkng, maybe horizontal so that I can tune the action a bit.
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Old 01-31-2006, 06:09 AM   #2
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Old 01-31-2006, 05:28 PM   #3
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Either way .. I'm vertical...i see most vertical ..got a nice Beachmaster needle yesterday horizontal,,, Bob Hahn vertical .. don't matter

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Old 01-31-2006, 07:22 PM   #4
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90% of us build them verticle.

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Old 01-31-2006, 07:54 PM   #5
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i was told if you want the action to be best in a side to side motion, you do them horizontal like a metal lip.. (some like to walk the dog with needles) if you want them to be better at going up and down, go verticle.. persoanly i think thats a load of ballony and do them all verticle.
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Old 01-31-2006, 09:12 PM   #6
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I had learned a while back that if the needle is a sinker guys would make the eye horizontal and bend the eye up or down to make it run higher or lower like a metal lip. I tried it and it works...go figure


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Old 01-31-2006, 09:19 PM   #7
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no chit... i gotta try that
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