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[Diggin Jiggin]

George, you're making some really nice stuff.

Do the BM and Musso darters you guys are talking about use the same lip angles as the gibbs ? I have an old 3 hook gibbs with screw eyes that was in one of my dads old tackle buckets and its practically a twin to a superstrike in terms of lenght,width as well as the all the angles and cuts..

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

Do the BM and Musso darters you guys are talking about use the same lip angles as the gibbs ? .

Sort of. The Musso, Pichney/BM/Lupo, and the Frech darters are bigger plugs (about 1.25" by 6 1/2 to 7 1/2" long and run about 3 oz). The set up is similar-45 degree chin cut to just beneath midline then an incrementally increasing slope from mid back down to the midline at the face. They all float about the same, slightly tail down and water about a third the way up the back then level with the slope which is about 1/8" above water. The 3 hook Gibbs runs shallower than the others.....why I've not yet figured out. You can also fish it like a floating needle, very slowly with twitches to make it struggle to get down while staying on top. So much to learn.

[Diggin Jiggin]

Thanks George, I'm going to try and pick up some maple on the way home tonight... And to say there's a lot to learn is a gross understatement..

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

Thanks George, I'm going to try and pick up some maple on the way home tonight... And to say there's a lot to learn is a gross understatement..

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