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01-21-2014, 06:40 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WINTER
First pic is oviously still on the lathe, second pic is through-wired and swim test ready, as is the third pic. The lips are different, surfster as opposed to a danny type lip on the second and third pictures.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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01-21-2014, 06:45 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Top pic is a 6 5/8 inch Frech darter, one of which is heading your way John. Second is a slightly larger than usual surfster that has a really tight, hardly any roll swim to it. Third is a fatboy surfster that again has a great tight swim pattern.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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01-21-2014, 06:48 PM
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Retired Surfer
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Location: Sunset Grill
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Does this watercolor look like anyone's avatar?
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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01-22-2014, 08:52 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
Does this watercolor look like anyone's avatar?
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The late Crafty Angler, Chuck..... |
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01-22-2014, 09:07 PM
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Big E
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Seabrook, NH
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Nice looking swimmers. How does your Frech darter swim? Were you saved from Darter Hell?
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01-23-2014, 09:35 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Roach
Nice looking swimmers. How does your Frech darter swim? Were you saved from Darter Hell?
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The darter has very nice wiggle. I tried a heavier weighting than just "00" and while the lure still swam well, it wasn't as responsive, so the "00" wins. The last time I made these they were in maple. While Frech made them from maple, and in the 6 5/8 model in the canal they caught fish, I know that just about everyone makes thiers from ayc. Using the same layout, weighting, minus the forward hook placement, using only one belly hook, I love how this ayc darter swims.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
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01-22-2014, 11:33 AM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
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very nice swimmer. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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01-22-2014, 11:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pembroke
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Nice job Frank!
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01-22-2014, 09:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: A village some where
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The caps locks made it important i read this post, thanks for the caps
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01-23-2014, 11:38 AM
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Big E
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Seabrook, NH
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I'm not sure I know what "00" is; is that a double-aught shot of lead?
Congratulations on its successful design -- especially with the single-belly-hook (I prefer single belly hooks on all my lures as well.)
I haven't had the nerve to dive into darters yet. I just started messing with metal lips and it's a whole learning curve unto itself.
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01-23-2014, 05:36 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Buckshot, "00", 1/8 oz., .32 caliber, multi-use piece of lead. Nine in a shotgun shell.
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