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| Gotta send out a big thank-you to the guy who makes my blanks.
I told him that I wanted to do a 10" lure, but I would like to keep some charachteristics of the 8" Perka body.
Well he came up with a beauty, and after a day of playing in the aquarium, I weighted, balanced and primed one blank and went to the yacht club dock this morning. I was using a 6'9" St Croix, so I really couldn't twitch it to make it move, but a bit of a "tug" would be more appropriate, and it took off about 2' to the side and slowly sank and shimmied as I watched and then another tug sent it moving in the other direction with an awesome roll, then it stabalized and began to glide until I let it pause and shimmy on down again. Then I tossed it out and gave it a faster retrieve, and it came in just under the surface until I hit the brakes for a second, and would keep on going and then sink until I started it moving again.
Going to be busy over the winter, but it'll be worth it when you guys get the urge to throw some big stuff.
Pardon the lack of paint job, I am just excited to finally have a 10"er that looks like part of the family.
I'll post some finished products when I get around to painting. Right now I'm heading back in the basement to weight the rest of the prototype bodies.
Beav |
