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i come up with this ideal and I put in a few pictures here for you to look at I will be sending you a few in the mail make sure that you superglue everything in place the sample one I made up is not so you may want to pull the Styrofoam ball of an superglue everything in place everything floats the plastic and also the Styrofoam do a wonderful job and you will see that it's upright in the water.
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It is very similar to a floating jighead concept Bob.
I am trying to get the look of just the tube floating without a jighead. I may try and stuff the styroofoam inside of the tube or something.
Mike the plastic skirts do float anyway I will be sending those to you so you can mess with them. the skirts are solid head that's why they're able to float.Quote:
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Ship get some of the floating styrofoam noodles they use at swimming pools - you can usually find them at Walmart and dollar stores a single one will make A LOT -
Swimming Pool Noodle Foam from Sears.com
Get a hollow core drill bit and make a bunch of them up in small sizes to fit in the tubes - as you can see in the chart they have them down to 1mm. Longer the piece the better they should float.
Diamond Hollow Core Drills | Jewelry Making Supplies - Drills / Drill Bits
Never heard of a hollow core drill bit but i will be looking into the concept
Here is what I have always used to float a tube jig....Lindy® Rig Floats | Bass Pro Shops Also Betts makes a float called a Carolina floater that could be used pushed up inside the tube jig.
Ship.....that hollow core drill bit is actually a plug cutter that cuts different sizes of plugs of whatever you drill with it. The plug will be the drill size...ie 3mm is the plugs diameter when cut [drilled].
Or you can sharpen a piece of copper(or whatever) tubing to use as a punch. You can sharpen it easy on a sander.
Man oh man I have a bunch of new ideas to try and tinker with. I love the creativity on this forum. Skeet my friend, please make me one. Shoot me a PM if this is possible. I want to plug 1.5" to 2.0" tubes so they float on their own and support a #4 or #2 hook. I just think the profile of just the tube without any jig head on it would be totally awesome. The drawing below is my concept idea.
Now, I know all of you are so much more experienced in soft plastics than it...but if companies and individuals make floating worms that can lift up a hook, why can't a tube bait lift up a hook? Bob, some of your solid head tubes will float, but the moment I thread a hook through them they sink. I have been testing ideas in a 55 gallon aquarium but have had no success yet.
David I will look into that Lindy Rig Float idea. Is it a soft foam insert or hard body insert?
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You can get the plug cutters at Harbor FreightQuote:
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Ship.....it is a hard foam.....has hole through the center.....push your hook through it...and insert in tube body let hook eye come out the front of tube.....put a drop of super glue on it. Been doing this for years.Quote:
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Maybe get you a floating worm and cut it up into a tube?
Lurecraft sells super floating bubbles that you can add to your plastic to make baits float and i think they sell some floating plastic to.
the super floating bubbles take some experimenting to get it right and changes the colors of your baits a little also make sure to wear a good respirator when using the floating bubbles
Got some stuff from Bob and also went to Bass Pro Shop in Leeds Alabama which is 20 miles away. Played around with both materials and now I have the look I wanted of just a tube moving in the water on a Carolina Rig. I took this photo in the aquarium. Will take the concept to the lakes in South Carolina next week. Thank you everyone for your input.Quote:
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The two Amigos in the right hand picture seem to like that Ship. lol
Good work! Man I love toying with plastics.
They are hiding the #2hooks quite well. When they inhale this puppy they are sure to get some metal too. Looks like it is just floating and undulating in the water. Very enticing ....better movement than when the tube was impaled on the floating jigheads. I like the presentation.Quote:
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Would be great for the top hook of a double minnow rig C&C style. You could stay motionless and give tube great action. Escpecially tipped with a minnow.
Has anyone tried disposable ear plugs:popcorn