3 way Hairball Perch

3 Way Hairball Perch – entered 2018

Bodt length:       5-1/4”

Overall length:  6”

Weight:                                1-3/4 oz.

Hooks:                  #2 and #4 VMC trebles

Paint:                    Createx paint applied by airbrush, and brush.

Buoyancy:           slightly negative with a slight nose down orientation in water.

Sink rate:             2 seconds per foot .

Construction:     carved Basswood – harvested at home, dual hinged, 4 dual “v”section  swimbait, Through wired to hook  attachment points with  .041 wire. Wood is sealed with superglue, finished with 30 minute epoxy.

Top fins: split saddle hackles epoxied to topcoat (can be easily replaced).

Tail: Two saddle hackles set in a slot in tail end.

Pelvic, Anal, and pectoral fins: Bonded maribou fibers (pectoral fins mounted on outward angles.

Innovations:

True perch profile

Dual “V” shaped wooden sections do not allow light to pass through the joint between sections.

Hybrid hinge – thru wired to hook hangers on bottom, Pin and eye on upper hinge.

Innovative holographic finish (my invention, I believe) resembles scales, provides great highlights, and generates a slight color shift. Pictures do not do it justice.

Dual attachment points

Front attachment:

It hunts side to side as jerkbait. Will do a 180 in the right hands – then the maribou does its thing.

It holds depth all the way to boat from 1 to 2 feet. 

It swims with casual action on retrieve.

Rear attachment:

Lure hunts side to side and up and down as a jerkbait

Lure holds depth all the way to boat from 3-5 feet

It dives quickly to 3 feet

Vigorous swimming action