Why testing is important

[Back Beach]

I try multiple speeds. Basically start with barely crawling and keep speeding up or down until it comes alive on top. Some will dive a little on the faster retrieve, but most of mine roll out on a fast retrieve as they have mid slot lips. Also keep bending the lip wire until something works. Most of the dannies I made this winter like the eye bent down, regardless of size. Here's a bunch of stuff just completed. Top one is an eely, the rest are surface swimmers made from different kinds of wood. Ones on the left are copies of plugs I did real well on last year. Ones on the right are ready for action, who knows what will turn up.

Bottom left was my best producer in 2010. Its a 7" skinny danny and weighs about 2.25 oz...made from pine and has a .4 belly weight right around the widest part of the body. Also has a danny 2L mid slot lip.