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02-18-2008, 01:58 PM
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Shorts
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 37
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Action...
I love all the great looking plugs on the site and was just wondering if
they work (action-wise) as good as they look? For instance, I took a Gibbs 1-1/2 oz
Polaris apart the other day and cut in half length wise. It revealed all it's
secrets to me(weight placement, etc. and mine just do not work as good as the original...I can't for the life of me figure it out...I don't want to mass produce just looking to hone my skills...the popper dives more than it "pops" any suggestions?
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02-18-2008, 02:04 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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I believe the old Gibbs is Sugar pine ... good luck finding that .. Try White Pine .... Just curious ??? Did your finished popper weigh in at 1.5 ounce .?? and did it sit the same dead in the water as the gibbs ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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02-18-2008, 02:07 PM
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Shorts
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 37
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I am using pine and go gram for gram every step
of the way and still no luck...Mine come out to
be exactly the same weight and most people cannot tell
the difference...could "the wood" really be a factor from
eastern white pine to this sugar pine?
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02-18-2008, 02:18 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Hows it sit dead in the water ??? thats a biggy .. You might have to adjust lead to wood change .. even exact same wood you might have to adjsut ,,, old growth ,, new stuff ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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02-18-2008, 02:46 PM
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Shorts
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 37
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Well, these poppers sink until you retrieve so I am not sure about what
you mean...dead in the water? even the commercial made one sinks!
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02-18-2008, 02:58 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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I mean ... does it mimick the original when your not fishing it .not tugging on the line ... dead .. throw it in right in front of you and watch what it does . Ok does it sink same attitude in the water as original gibbs 1.5 ounce .. same sink rate ..slow sink or like a stone .arse straight down or at an angle . We are almost to the smash it with a hammer point .  |
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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02-19-2008, 06:53 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishatin
I love all the great looking plugs on the site and was just wondering if
they work (action-wise) as good as they look? For instance, I took a Gibbs 1-1/2 oz
Polaris apart the other day and cut in half length wise. It revealed all it's
secrets to me(weight placement, etc. and mine just do not work as good as the original...I can't for the life of me figure it out...I don't want to mass produce just looking to hone my skills...the popper dives more than it "pops" any suggestions?
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Please post a picture of the original alongside your copy (both a side view and face view), and weigh both without hooks, and I think we might have a better chance of helping you. |
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