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Another very effective salt-water surface plug is the "torpedo" type shown in Fig. 48. This plug can be about 4 in. long and ? in. in diameter at its thickest part. It tapers at both ends and has two treble hooks in sizes 1/0 or 2/0, one attached at the tail and the other at the belly. A screw eye is attached to the nose for the fishing line. Salt-water anglers have also found the "darter" type plugs very effective for many fish. You can make a small one to use with light spinning or casting tackle in the same size as the fresh-water darter shown in Fig. 11. But for the salt-water model, you should use longer and stronger screw eyes with heavy wire hooks. To make a larger darter plug for surf fishing or to use with heavy saltwater tackle follow the dimensions shown in Fig. 49. The body can be 6 in. long and an inch in diameter. The tail tapers to about ? in. The top of the plug slopes downward toward the nose, where there is a triangular cut. A screw eye is screwed in this cut to hold the fishing line. Three treble hooks in size 5/0 are attached, two at the belly and one at the tail. Figure 48. Torpedo plug. Figure 49. Darter plug.
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