Geoff hi, can I ask what are the results you are expecting to achieve with this style of head.

I don't think the Zuker ZM-5.5 was specifically designed to achieve those things.  Zuker have a big scooped face lure (aka kona head) with an offset leader tube called the ZM-5 and I'd bet the ZM-5.5 was a ZM-5 that had its nose chopped square after too many dings were taken out of the scooped nose by fish (or the boat).  The Zuker 3.5 is probably a ZM-3 modified in the same way.  Cutting a flat face into damaged lures is common practice in Mexico and some other locations where lures haven't always been as easy to come by.  You obviously get a different action to the original lure but it prolongs the useful life of the lure and clearly has worthwhile fish appeal as the flat faced versions are now being commercially produced.  

I think that the Kilwell Pacific range had an offset leader hole cup face and there are, or were some time ago, a great many scoop faced "swimmers" with offset leader holes too.

I wouldn't personally bother with it on anything other than a 90 degree flat face or a swimmer style. All of my angle faced lures are keel weighted which makes them very stable.

I've not keel weighted a cup faced lure as I have a feeling that it may actually have an undesired effect of inducing spin or corkscrewing, which would be very bad.

Thanks ,
In thinking about that cup shape corkscrewing which would definetly be a by product of its shape the counteraction of the keel weight has to be increased substantially and any other features that also encourage this centereing function would be advantageous, thinking out loud here.
I have seen it in poppers but have you seen angled cup faced lures?

A "Sure Thing" and two "Vixen"....

Murph wrote: Double Shot wrote: That Offset is a beaut G, if it needs a home send it my way That one is staying in my stash for now mate. I need to see how it pulls and tweak it if need be.

As I thought...keep me posted...

Marligator wrote: Murph - The Pacific Baitfish was the one with the cupped face and offset leader hole, very successful lure in its own right, it was subsequently reskirted with a blacky/purple inner and dark mackerel coloured (hard to describe colour) outer skirt by Roger Parsons and Barney MacGibbon (Leigh Distributors in Whangarei) in the early 1990's and the Mrs Palmer was born.

Three heads...A Pacific Baitfish in Fruit Salad (has had 10+ marlin, and 2 other Mr's Palmers. One belongs to another poster..a right plonker, the other mine.
Note all heads are different and the 2 lures that have had marlin are chipped in exactly the same place!!

i have a pacific mackeral, 

Here's what my baitfish looks like after last season. The biggest chip I've filled with araldite. 

full sacks wrote: Murph wrote: A "Sure Thing" and two "Vixen".... are they my baby's murph pm me with the info , can't wait to destroy all your good polishing work!!

Yes mate, the two at the top, I'll be in touch tomorrow, just ran out of time tonight.