I've got to ditto Parker. I have three orange herring bone tadpolly's. The only one that catches fish is the one with teeth marks. It don't much matter the conditions as that one plug seems to produce. I sometimes think plugs are a little like flies in that the more "hammered" they are the better they work.

TK's got a point too. I'm not real sure my dream plug would sell real well!

The best thing you could do to get me to buy one of your plugs "off the shelf" is to paint the bill black. That way I don't have too.

As a steelheader (still working on the freshwater salmon thing) a few things that I like on my plugs are:
A black bill
A lateral line
and eyes.

As for my perfect plug lets use fnp's wiggle wart as a baseline:
Make it run as well as tadpolly out of the box
Give it a black bill.
Make the bottom half silver for contrast (just like a real baitfish). &
Make that single siwash dance like a tail fin.
Provide that in different colors and I'll place a bulk order!

Good Luck!

Thanks to ALL for the great tips..and to Parker and Broodstock for the business advice.

Got a few "angles" to work out here...and it might take a while...but...there will be a new line of plugs out, hopefully, by next fall.

These will not be called "Michael Jackson"...cause with a name like that it will only catch young bucks..

One will HAVE to be called "The Parker", yet another the "Brooder"..and of course those who give the best review will get the honors of naming them...

Need one business to slow down, so's I can put some time in on this new venture...

Mike

SMOBER for: Four weeks, one day, 19 hours, 56 minutes and 24 seconds. 1044 cigarettes not smoked, saving $208.81. Life saved: 3 days, 15 hours, 0 minutes.