reversed joint 7" trout
By mark poulson
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Here are three photos of the reversed joint 7" trout I made from PVC.
Two show the actual joints, and one shows the new lures, along with two old joint styles for comparison.
They swim about the same as the old system, but I found the tail joint on the reversed system really needs to be loose to get it to swim at slow speeds.
I think I figured out why.
I made them with the screw eyes mounted into the front of each section, so the pivot point is in the rear of each section. In thinking about it, I think this "dampens" the swimming action, because it creates a longer "arch of swing" for each section.
I'm going to make one with the screw eyes in the rear of the sections, so the pivot of the next section is much more abrupt.
That's the way the conventional joint swimbaits are made, and I think that contributes to their swimming action.
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