Hydro Orientated,,,how to...

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by gldnbear93

Tagger,
I have not hydro-oriented a plug yet. I have relied on the belly weight and/or hooks to provide the ballast.
If your adding alot of lead I don't think it matters in most pieces,,I do it out of habbit now ,,although I been liking unweighted plugs ..Float a few you tell me ..
Curious as to how subtle or vibrant is the general effect of orienting the body. I realize it will vary from one body to the next, since wood is not uniform in density (which I suppose is a good reason for hydro-orientation). Does the body just flip over to the "right" oreintation or is is a slower roll?
Some snap right around some slow roll ... every single blank is diffrent out of the same stick ..
Also, it looks like you shaved the head on that plug after orienting it. Does that affect the natural orientation? Some of the lipless swimmers have a lot of wood cut/shaved off the face. I think this would have some impact on how it sits naturally.
Floyd Roman Nike is tail weighted not belly weighted .. Big plug ... use 2" stock ... head is shaved .. Think this makes a huge difference on that plug ..
I am going to work on some lipless swimmers this off season. I tracked down a couple of your predators and some orginal magna strikes and I have a nike style proto that I did, So I'm going to be playing around some.

Good luck all excellent questions .

[Backbeach Jake]

Tagger once quipped that the way wood floats is a force of nature. I had no more to say on the subject. Work with the wood, not against. The wood knows what it's doing. The plugs that I really need to succeed are Hydro-Oriented. Swimmers mostly altho I'll probably go to all my plugs because I really hate to see a pencil coming in on it's side. Nice tutorial, Tagger.

[stripercrazy]

the best post I've read in a while...the jig to drill the hook holes in the medal lip plugs...its so simple its excellent