Off-Center-Turned “Sammy” Spook

[Eric Roach]

The Sammy is made from EWP with two .286 oz weights placed 2” and 2.75” from the tail. I rig it with a 4/0 VMC siwash on the tail and a 3/0 VMC treble on the belly (located 4.25” from tail). It sits with the eyes at water level angling down about 25 degrees. It swims well, though not exceptionally so, and it does not cast very well due to its shape. It needs further tweaking if I’m going to consistently choose it over a traditional spook shape, but I enjoy the challenge and I really like the way it looks so I’ll keep tinkering.

Below is a picture of the pre-sealed one from this tutorial, and a finished one I made for the fall run. It caught fish – and sometimes out fished my favorite pencils.

You may notice that they are sized slightly differently, the reason is they were turned at different spindle depths -- trying to find out which dimensions swims the best.