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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

 
 
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Old 12-27-2005, 05:56 PM   #22
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Hello
Jigman is right, generally you want your glider to sit horizontally and slowly sink. There are coundown gliders (sinkers) and floaters and are used for different situations. But most gliders sit horizontally and slowly sink. If you find you glider sits unlevel or sinks too fast take a drill with a small drill bit and drill out lead until you get the glider to do what its suppose to do. You also can experiment with your glider by placing the lead higher to the center of the lure (drill deeper holes, but not too deep). This gives your glider nice belly rolls. I dont know if you will like this, but musky fisherman really like the belly rolls. In the musky world, cedar is a popular wood with lure builders when making gliders. I believe all the lead going into the cedar gives the glider a more "livelier" action. Maple is another good wood, less lead but good action. One last bit... take your last spook (topwater) you turned on your lathe and weight to sit level and sink slowly. You now have a glider and this profile will give your glider a very nice wide glide. See if this is something you like or not.
Hope this helps and have fun tinkering - fb
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