Couple of minor comments:
- In the herring example, the eye is really at 1.5" from the nose.
- The rear of the plug is actually callipered at .525".
- The mushroom weight in the rear was custom made by Professor M -- I placed it in the lathe and filed the "flange" of the mushroom until it was .525". You could make your own mushroom mold out of hardwood -- or skip it altogether, I'm sure.
- The design originally had a concave taper from the shoulder to the tail. I finally took that out and was surprised what that did to help its ability to walk.
- Despite the reverse-pencil design, it actually casts pretty straight and far for a spook.
- I hand-drilled the eye recesses with a forstner -- because the eyes are so far down the taper from the shoulder I didn't want the big recesses a 90 degree drill job would create; they are deep enough so when epoxied they are nearly flush with the curve of the plug.
- The hooks on the plug are a 3/0 VMC treble and a 3/0 VMC Siwash.
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