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| Grunt Lures |
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| woodieb8 |
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Posts: 786 Location: Minnesota | I too use hard maple for my personal gliders. Make your bait and put in your terminal tackle and use 5/0 hooks. Hang your bullet weights on the hooks untill you get what you want. I snip off lead until my baits are good to go. I usually try to get the bait just slightly bouyant. Drill holes where you need them and put the weights in, paint, clear, etc. and then tank test again. I fine tune with replacing the 5/0 hooks with 4/0 were needed. For me this works out very well. I can get baits that are just slight risers (1-2"/second) or slight sinkers (1-2"/second). These I can also make nose down or nose up depending on where teh 4/0 and 5/0 hooks are placed. You may need to adjust for the leader too depending on its weight but that is if you really want to fine tune it. JMO, James PS-Water is still your perfect neutral bouyant material  Edited by Grunt Lures 5/26/2007 8:23 AM | ||
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| SG = = p / pH2O (3) and do all your testing at a optimal 39 deg F Edited by Muskiefool 5/30/2007 11:07 PM | |||
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