tarakito Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Good evening everybody, just poured these new shads but the tail doesn`t show any action... What do you think - is it not wide enough (because of the very wide body)? Thank you very much! Tight lines, Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Yup. The paddle of the tail is too small. The wide body is deflecting the flow of the water away from it. Once you enlarge the paddle I think you'll see a big differance. Let us know how you make out. Nice looking bait. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarakito Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Cheers Nova! So you think making the tail wider would do it? Regards, Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomisman Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Yup. The paddle of the tail is too small. The wide body is deflecting the flow of the water away from it. Once you enlarge the paddle I think you'll see a big differance. Let us know how you make out. Nice looking bait.www.novalures.com I agree, tail needs to be wider. Neet bait though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Not only wider but deeper as well Ian. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarakito Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 aaahhh ... deeper as well. ok ... i`ll give it a try at the weekend. problem now is that the paddle rather moves vertical than horizantal. we`ll see ;-) cheers, Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 I've poured this kind of tail before and it's not always the larger body. Suggestions: 1. use very soft plastic and/or 2. make sure the plastic connection from body to tail is thin (ie a Slider grub tail which looks like a T) and/ or is longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarakito Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Sam, thanks a lot. I`ve allready tried to make the tail thinner which didn`t cure the problem. I don`t have the possibility to use softer pastic unfortunately. Maybe i`ll give it a try and make it longer but i don`t want to make it too long because it hooksetting abbitlities will be worse than. Best regards, Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Ian; I still say you're not getting enough water flow around the tail. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubeman Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Nova, is right, you need to have that tail at least as deep as the belly or more and about 1/3 wider than the widest section of the body...then she's gonna dirty dance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smirkplug Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 wider and deeper will help, also try cutting or biting off the sharp corner at the top of the tail, we do this on worm kings, AA's and such !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
