trial and error?

[GonnaCatchABig1]

best way to make plugs?
since i plan on making a few this winter, i looked around not much on the ""aerodynamics"" of plugs. not that i can find anyway. so do you pretty much whip one out and test it in a pool or some clear water and see what happens?

[BigFish]

Try making what you like best.....study the plug itself. Its not rocket science Chris! Good luck! Try the search option here in the forum.....lots of answers there!

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Try making what you like best.....study the plug itself. Its not rocket science Chris! Good luck! Try the search option here in the forum.....lots of answers there!

i turn everything into rocket science.. (which is might be my problem lately.) granted you are the one person i know least in your family. you may know of my.... well currently.. under-achieving brain functions.

you know that miracle lure that came out? the one thats like banned from tournies? i had a rough draft of that made up when i was 9. when i saw it a mag i was pissed. my draft was nearly identical. down to a T.
you can ask my mom of my long line of inventions that have struck the billions mark..
i over analyze and perfect everything.
honestly.. if i had access to an actual wind tunnel.. you best believe my plugs would be in there as well as a current pool thing..
if you think i have gone batty now.. wait till i start building plugs.
i am going to try to keep it as simple and basic as i can.. but i would fear for your lively hood.. lol. j/k but really.. expect some ridiculous stuff out of me. you might be getting a fully mechanical life like bunker replica by next season.

[Tagger]

What kind of plug .??? who makes the best ? darter? pencil popper?spook ? whatever .. study the masters ... new and old .. I swim plugs all winter ..A plug that fish love and cast great is a common goal .

[GonnaCatchABig1]

but actually.. i pretty much study everything. i mean the basic over all designs, of every plug i have ever fished are embedded in my brain.

what i was really getting at is.. how do you test out the final conclusion. just drop it in and see what happens? and then tweak as necessary? like say i tried a danny... just carve it out, throw on a clear coat/sealant and toss it into some visible water and see what happens? then sand off the coating and make adjustments till it works right? or would i hafta just carve out another one if the first one failed? starting from scratch? granted wood is pretty cheap. (depending on the type) but my biggest fear is wasting a bunch of wood perfecting action. especially considering drilling spots, hooks and their placement/size. skirts, weights etc. ... i would assume once the action was down the colors are complete trial and error. cause ya never know a fire engine red of one lure could be deadly where as a bright.. uh... err.. green camo pattern? could be the nuts on another..

[The Dad Fisherman]

The way the process usually works is you build a few of the different designs you like, test swim them, and when you think you have them perfected you mail me a copy of each and I put them through a battery of QA tests for you and report back on my findings...Its all very Scientific

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

The way the process usually works is you build a few of the different designs you like, test swim them, and when you think you have them perfected you mail me a copy of each and I put them through a battery of QA tests for you and report back on my findings...Its all very Scientific

i liked that answer.. i can do that.. since we all know what happens when i try to fish.. rather put them into the hands of some one who can catch fish under normal conditions... lol.

then again, if i create something that even I can catch fish on.. you know it's a killer.

[GonnaCatchABig1]

and now 5 mins later i am already over analyzing.. do you guys consider that certain miracle lure a cheat? what exactly crosses the line between sporting and cheating? oh boy.. here we go.. pembroke hospital here i come..

[luds]

I would focus on catching fish first. How can you build a plug if you don't know what you want it to do and how would you know what you want it to do if you haven't caught fish on plugs?

You already have one problem. Why dump more on top of that? Doesn't sound like fun and it's suppose to be.

[stripercrazy]

aerodynamics"".....poppers and pencils, spooks..of all the customs we trade for, some are better casters than others some are better catchers too...some are good for boat, some beachtest-test-test every year you'll get better

[GonnaCatchABig1]

Originally Posted by luds48

I would focus on catching fish first. How can you build a plug if you don't know what you want it to do and how would you know what you want it to do if you haven't caught fish on plugs?

You already have one problem. Why dump more on top of that? Doesn't sound like fun and it's suppose to be.

i have caught plenty of fish on plugs.. i know exactly what i want them to do.. only problem is the plugs i have caught fish are incredibly hard to come by these days. (excluding my freshwater assortment) been pluggin since i was six.

i have a very good idea of how i want my stuff to act. thus building em myself. since i cant find em. i'm just wandering how the process goes to getting them to that point. i hear "test test test" aka trial and error... and then "study study study" which is more of a hypothesis approach. i guess it all boils down to what i asked though and the results come out to be trial and error.

[ProfessorM]

K I S S.

You are a glutton for punishment