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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