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Originally Posted by scottw
great thread, all really beautiful stuff....Professor, I'm bending my neck trying to see how you finished the tail wrap and attached the flapper, can you help with a comment or even a tighter shot? thanks so much...
ps... red eyes look awesome on those wonderbread colors
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Here you go. I picked this plug more because I thought it would be a challenge to do it. I entered it in the classic category last plugfest. I found out after that it is a really neat plug to fish. It is a top water plug, spookish with a splash. Sits a little under horizontal with the bum under water.
#1 Here is the original hardware. It is all brass with neat hangers and threaded brass end. That is the tail weight there in the picture. It was just a piece of steel not lead 3/8 dia by 1/4 " long. That is the only weight in the whole plug.
#2 and #3 I did it similar but in stainless. I used .062 welding rod , 308. I tried 316 but I couldn't get it threaded, kept busting off. I used an 0-80 die, which was a real bitch in stainless. I then had to make the nuts. I also made my own tail grommet and the part the flap hung on. that part is real important as it gives it a perfect flap and commotion hanging down below the plug like that. It may be the key to the whole plug.
I since figured out a way to do it with a tail wrap as you can see in the picture of the short length of wire. It works pretty good that way but I still like the nuts better. They also used a small nail to hold the flap onto the grommet thingy. I couldn't find any corrosion resistant nails that long and thin so I figured out a way to bend up my own using some small dia. SS wire. Worked great.
Capesams also told me of a way to do it with a bicycle spoke and came down to my work and showed me his version. Pretty nifty way also. You can see the spoke in the picture also.
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