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[ProfessorM]

does look like a Pichney surface swimmer but like I said the lips are there to see and different. line tie is different, 1 high , 1 lower. and the weighting scheme is different. BM used a 1/2 inch dia. 1/4 " long belly weight sitting low on the plug. Pichney used a 3/8 dia. going up to the thru wire like most of his swimmers. The lips are home made by me. I used pine but worth a shot in AYC.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by ProfessorM

Pichney used a 3/8 dia. going up to the thru wire like most of his swimmers.

If the pichney stuff is anything like the mussos I think they poured the lead directly into the belly hole and let it settle around the through wire. At least a couple mussos I dissected were built this way.

I like the belly lead on the perimeter though. A couple plugs I experimented with had the lead tucked way up and it made the plug very unstable and made the plug want to roll on its side. I think once you get the lead beyond the mid point of the body diameter the keel effect of the lead is less pronounced.