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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 03-06-2009, 09:32 AM   #1
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the head weighted one should "swim" pretty cool, diving down headfirst then popping back to life with the retrieve, I agree with blondterror though, might not cast that great.
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Old 03-06-2009, 09:43 AM   #2
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Thats exactly how I weight my skin needles, but fore and aft.

Why even try.........
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Old 03-06-2009, 12:21 PM   #3
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The ones that sink level basically have the same 'tail' weights in both the head and the tail. The heavier ones have a little biggger tail weight in the head but they both cast fine. They don't flip over or anything. Its really not that different than the standard tail weight and bunch of belly weights distributing the lead along the body.

The more I started thinking about needles the more I wanted to start trying to work them more like a jig and bounce the bottom with them.

Its funny when I jig I throw lead heads with sluggos a lot and those cast a Long way even though they end up flipping and going out head first. Makes me wonder if you could do the same thing with needle....
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