Goo Goo part 2 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

ProfessorM · 12-23-2006, 12:59 PM

first thing I did was install the lip after thru drill from back to the depth of first hook hole. I did not drill all the way thru as the lip where I installed it is not on center. Then used the lip to drill the hook holes to make sure they lined up with the lip. With the lip in place I also marked where the thru wire will go. Took off lip and drilled from front to meet the front hook hole and also the thru hole from the rear. The eyes were done by eye also using the lip for reference. Much easier than trying to match the lip to the belly holes and eyes and thru hole, because the lip is one of the harder ones to install correctly. IMO.

stripercrazy · 12-23-2006, 02:27 PM

I thought I was doing it the hard way...I drilled the hookholes with the square ends on, and the eyes... then cut off the ends...put the lip on the face and marked the thruhole, drilled it out on the lathe, thenwith a wire thru the body..I tried to line everything up to mark the screwholes....it wasn't pretty

thanks paul

ed

stripercrazy · 12-23-2006, 02:31 PM

swam it... its a popular body, no belly weight and it looks great. 3 feet or so,I can't beleive I've never fished one before, they look great. thanks ed

stripercrazy · 12-31-2006, 12:43 AM

5oz-8.5 inch, has less action than the shorter popular one...longer heavyer..oh no belly weights. happy new year everyone

EricW · 12-31-2006, 04:25 PM

Here are some of the different eyes that were used through the years.

The first one is a real old small swimmer with beads nailed in and painted black and yellow. The second one is 6" swimmer with that other style lip mounted lower like the one you have. These eyes are also a bead type. I have only seen a handful of this style. Most are like the other ones you will will see in my next post with the lip mounted so that the bend in the lip is near the center line of the plug.

EricW · 12-31-2006, 04:30 PM

These next eyes and the rest of the styles that I have seen are plastic with a small black post to secure them. They mesure 9-10 mm wide. They vary by color and whether or not they have veins in them.

EricW · 12-31-2006, 04:33 PM

Here are 2 more. The little blue one I think is from the 60's. I just got this one. I hadn't seen this eye type yet. It is plastic but it looks a little like glass close up. The other one is a popper with the amber veined style eye.