TOO MUCH ROLL!!!!!

[pbadad]

I made a few Danny swimmers as per the Fisherman mag. article. They swim good at a very slow speed but they roll from about 10to 2. I tried a heavier belly weight 8 gram from 4 grams. Same roll but it struggled to get into a wiggle at the start up. It stays on top fine either weight. I'm using 3--2/0 trebles also. They are not painted yet, just sealed and primed. I did consider plugging the eye sockets and painting them solid. I rather not if I can lessin the roll. What do you plug builders consider too much roll?

[Slipknot]

Re-wire it in the top hole and try that.

Then if you want, try with 6 grams of weight., be sure it is in the pivot point of the belly

[Flaptail]

Bending the eye loop down helps also. You will have to play with it to get it right. Danny plugs are supposed to be fished S-L-O-W-LY.

[piemma]

You should fish Dannys SLOWLY, like Flap said. My Dannys don't roll except in really rough water but I usually fish them in calmer water.

Last Fall I was using them in the back of one of the SO breachways in the middle of the night on an incoming, fairly flat water. I hammered Bass between 21 and 27 pounds for 3 weeks in Late Oct and early Nov. I would fish them like I would an eel....real slow turn so they just wiggled and swayed a bit.

The Bass would come up on top and slam the plug. Dead quiet and then an explosion. When a 27# Bass takes a Danny on top in calm water it sounds like somebody threw a boulder in the water.

[Jigman]

A little roll is not always a bad thing

Jigman

[redneck24]

Originally Posted by Jigman

A little roll is not always a bad thing

Jigman

i agree