Goo Goo part 2

[capesams]

considering they were made of crap pine and never sealed it and had no lead.something like ayc or soft maple with lead may get you down in the water abit deeper and or troll them with some short leight of wire.

[EricW]

That one with the lip way down isn't what I would call "normal" for a goo goo. I have one like that. I personally havent seen to many like that. Usually you see them like the blue one you have there. Do you want to duplicate the really old style eyes? From what I can tell it is just a bead with a nail. Those white beads you have there should do the trick. He made them that way for a while. The later ones, and I don't know the exact dates but some time in the 60's maybe he had the type with a post on them. There were many styles of these. They green ones I sent you were almost exact duplicates of the eyes that were being used near the end with the veins except that they are green instead of amber.

When I get a chance, (barely have time for anything lately....) I will post some pics of the different eye types in my collection. I just came accross another type that I think was used in the 60's.

Eric

[ProfessorM]

Thanks guys I will mount the lip as the blue one is. Steve I made a few out of AYC and a few out of sugar pine. The ayc sits much lower in the water as I hydro oriented them. Where would you weight them, tail or belly? I guess I will try one like that. Thanks Eric I will use the green eyes on one and look forward to the photos. Grapenuts what is the action of the plug when trolled? Never seen one work. Surface, deep diver, wiggle, roll ? Thanks guys for your time. Paul

[stripercrazy]

this is a very cool post good info

[capesams]

I'd shoot a 00 in the middle of the belly..or just a tad more towards the front hook....the older ones when thrown out onto the water go plop and sit rather high..float like a cork....swim with a tight wiggle an sometines dart like a darter....kinda like a woman,,doesn't know which way to turn.