"Rolf's Wiggler" jointed

Once again, a great job!

Great paint job. You sure you don't own an airbrush?

I'm amazed at how "fertile" you mind is. So many different ideas.

My children say I have a fertile mind, too, but, when they say it, they mean my head is full of fertilizer! :lol:

I really like this last group of lures that you have posted, you not only do great paint jobs, but vary the bodies so widely in your attempts to find different actions. That is the part of lure building that I enjoy the most. Your descriptions are fascinating. Keep up the innovations!

Alex

Man you have been very busy lately. Great work, innovative too.

Did the flat nose and tow eye position get you any swimming depth? I ask because I carved one very similar, but never finished it. My idea was to make a light floater and control depth with a couple of tow eye locations.

Dave

@ Vodkaman

Thanks , Dave:) , ....do a gallery upload search by name "diemai" , on page 13 you should find the original model "Rolf's Wiggler" , a floater , diving to 2 to 3 feet on a rod sweep . It swims in a "wave" pattern with its belly swinging left/right , at the end of the sweep it would often hang 90

Nice.

When testing this one, specifically the line tie positioning did the bait want to roll? Was this the sweet spot for positioning? What happened when the line tie was more towards the top, away from the nose? I had a bait that had a similar shape (your bait is much better) that I could not get to swim correctly and would roll. It now resides on the wall of shame in my garage.

@ bbduc

Thanks , ......guess , that some of your questions are already answered in my post above ?

I think , that on this particular lure I have already about hit the sweet spot , line tie further upward .......and it would soon turn over to swim on its side !

But it is not only a question of toweye location , I guess ,..... but also of body shape and diving bill angle .

Also the materials density(weight) is important ,... the lighter it is , the more ballast you can put into the belly , thus the more stable your lure would hang in the water and the MORE upward you could place the tow eye to achieve the possibly widest swing of the lure without laying on the side(at least that's my theory) .

This density issue of the material is one of the reasons , why my reverse running jointed glider prototype , also uploaded among this very batch , starts to spin that easy(apart from its symetrical body issue) , simply could not put enough ballast !

greetz , diemai:yay:

Dieter great job!! I need this bait for my next big pike.

Merci beaucoup , Jo , .......mais ,......moi aussi;) !

Salut:yay: , Dieter