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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

 
 
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Old 03-02-2008, 10:47 AM   #10
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Although I don't quite follow you on the tin squid, somewhere in there, Numbskull, I think that you're right, there's a head shape that will add a natural swimming action to the mix. I'm going to have to play with that, too.
The curve on the underside of a tin squid makes the body act like a swimming plate. The weight of the rear of the squid gives it stability and sets the angle at which water hits the swimming curve. I'm pretty sure the same thing happens with needles. My experience is that the longer you make the nose, the less likely it is to swim. Still, as much as it pains me to admit it, I think Flap is right. He usually outfishes me by reeling his plug across the surface like a motorboat while he makes a Brrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmm......brrrrrrrrrrrrmmmm sound.
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