Lip Descriptions

[Jigman]

I think numbskull summed it up pretty well.

Originally Posted by BigFish

.... I simply dropped a shot of "00" in the belly to give it more keel effect along with the 3/0 hooks and achieved the desired action. ... I believe weighting will have more to do with the action of a particular plug than will the lip. ...

In your example, you are adding other factors besides the lip. I believe the lip does play a big role in the action of the plug. As an example, I do up a medium sized surfster. It will also swim well with a pikie lip in it (hybrid surfster). Same wood, size/shape, hook configurations, etc. Everthing the same except the lip. I have two plugs with very different actions.

In general, wider lip gives more wobble/roll, narrower lip a tighter wiggle less roll. Yes, you can mess with other factors and get the desired results, like Larry's example. However, I know when I am designing a new plug, after I've gotten the shape down the first thing I consider is what lip to use to get the action I am after. If I am after a wide wobble, I grab a pikie lip first. If I want a tighter wiggle, I go for the danny lip. Lefty lip is somewhere in between. Those at least give me starting points. After that its weight location/amount and hook configuration.

Jigman

[smac]

I keep it simple . May be a little crude, but it worked great for me this winter.

One thing I learned,was to not drill the belly whole if any. I brought a goodie bag of lips, electrical tape, and various size belly weights to the waters edge and froze my azz of testing everything in different combos.