finally going to wire thru

[surfrod]

OK, I'm finally going to leave the screw eyes behind and do wire thru on my big plugs. I can hear the cheers out there.
My wife bought me the drill bit attachment for my lathe for christmas.
Nice Wife......
I can't believe how easy it is to drill the thru center hole.
If anyone is wondering if the drill attachment is worth it, the answer
is YES !
Last weekend I took some christmas money and went to see Mike
at M&D in Wareham. Bought wire and grommets and tail weights and
a 5/32 drill bit and other stuff. ( Need more Christmas money)

At this point, with the new lathe, belt sander, drill press, duplicator,
band saw, drill attachment I figure these plugs are only costing me
about $300 EACH. But who's counting. It's all about the thrill of
catching a Striper on a plug that you have made. Having the smell
of paint fumes lodged in your nose for days, having sore hands and
skunned knuckles, dust clogging your eyes, the feel of epoxy stuck
on your ear because you had an itch.
Oh yes I love Building Plugs.

QUESTION.......

In my prior life ( screw eye user ) I would weight the plug by putting lead in the bottom of the plug about 1/3 of the way up from the back. This has worked well for me over the years.
I tried some tail weighting with long screw eyes on Pencil Poppers and found some of the plugs would tend to turn up 180 degrees so that the belly hook was actually riding on top.
I have also seen this happen with some commercial plugs.
I have searched this forum and I believe the general feeling is that Pencils only need a Tail Weight. Belly weight not required.
So before I build my next batch of $300 plugs, I wanted to ask the following:

Is there something I should do to avoid the 180 degree rotation or is this the way a Pencil is supposed to act ?

1. Pencils - 8 1/2 " about 3 1/2 oz. 4/0 belly hook, 5/0 tail hook
......Tail weight only ?
6" about 2 oz. 2/0 belly hook, 3/0 tail hook
.......Tail Weight only ?
2. Spooks - 6" about 2 1/2 oz. Tail Weight and Small Belly Weight ?

on my polaris style and regular popper I'll use a belly weight.

Last year was the "Build a Swimmer Year". Thanks to you all I have
Built some swimmers that worked very well this past year.

Thanks in advance.
SurfRod.......

[gone fishin]

Polaris --- Tail weight

[Charleston]

If the tail weight is on the wire there should be NO 180degree rotation od the plug. The weight of the belly hook should determine "down"

BTW; what is a drill attachment? Are you refering to a drill chuck that you are putting in the headstock? or is there something new? TIA