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Last week I made three PVC cranks, the same as the 1/2oz. Bomber Switchback that dives to 12'+-. I used 1/8" lexan for the bills, and I bent sst wires for the line tie/tow points and passed them through a drilled hole in the bills, and then back into the lure bodies. I use the same template for all three bills and, although I hand shaped each lure, they are very close in shape and weight before ballasting. I took them out for a swim yesterday. While the all swam and dove really well (dumb luck), I noticed one had a much tighter wiggle than the other two. Upon closer examination, I realized the wire bend that held the line tie split ring was taller, farther about the surface of the bill, on the tighter wiggling lure. That particular lure body was a gram heavier than the other two, so it has only two grams of ballast added between the front hook hanger and the bill. The other two have ballast both in front of, and behind, the front hook hanger. Normally, I would expect having the additional ballast behind the hook hanger would damp down the lure's wiggle, but the one with the ballast only in front, but the taller line tie, had the tightest wiggle. It was so tight that I had trouble feeling it through the line, and had to run it beside the boat to be sure it was wiggling at all. That's when I noticed how tight the wiggle was. The other two had a much wider wiggle when I ran them nest to the boat. Sooo.....have any of you guys played around with varying the height of the line tie/tow point, and seen any effects on lure action?