3 in One

[Sgt Striper]

Working on my version of a Musso lipless using the same master which I use for my bottle and popper. The bottle works great as does the popper, now to get the lipless to work.

[surfflyfish]

love them all, good job

[Hookset]

I have been wanting to try making a lipless swimmer, it looks great. Do you generally have the line tie point in the center? How about weights, do you chin weight?

[numbskull]

The original small one has an on center line tie, the medium and large have it below center, but it often needs to be bent up quite a bit. The plugs are belly weighted. They tend to roll and plow a bit. They cast better than a metal lip, but nothing like the tail weighted bottle/popper.
They don't fish as well as a metal lip in my experience, and aren't great in rough water (which sort of defeats their purpose).

I spoke to Musso at a SWLCC show about the plug. He indicated that he never "perfected" it in his mind, so the design may have more to offer.

[Sgt Striper]

Originally Posted by numbskull

I spoke to Musso at a SWLCC show about the plug. He indicated that he never "perfected" it in his mind, so the design may have more to offer.

Every time I see him I pick his brain about it, Don is great! Get him talking and he gives up everything. He is funny, always says the same thing " I know your from Jersey, the hooks are too small on your plugs". I made 3 of them to experiment with and as you said George I think it has potential with some tweaking. Looked at a Tiger Tackle which is very similar design and according to ChefChris swims very good, and as I suspected it was weighted very similar to a Nike Jr. , one of the ways I was going to try.

[eskimo]

spot on! almost mistaken them for plastic.

[chefchris401]

Lou let me know if you want the weighting in the tiger tackle, one of them the weight is very visible
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[Hookset]

I am working on some musso Pine Jr's now, but I think this may be my next project!