Here are a few plugs that I have been working on.

I made 3 of these for christmas presents...

Thanks Slip, for the wood... :D

Here are a few others that Have been laying around...

The top one is a prototype made out of Mahogany.

Pencil is cypress w/ glitter finish

Both Giants are AYC - Thanks Capesams for the wiring lesson.

perdy plugs :):kewl:

Canalman, Those plugs look sweet,love the giants :drool: johnny "the Ratt Boy"

Nice stuff :happy: That proto-type in the second photo looks interesting. What kind of action do you get out of that?

Jigman

Nice Job Dave!

Giant Pikies :drool:

Originally posted by Canalman
Pencil is cypress w/ glitter finish


Where'd you get the cypress, what dimensions and how much. It is tough to get where I live.

Nice work canalman :btu:

Hi BA :wave:

Bernzy

I'd like one of those Pikies in black with a blue or purple belly.
Striper Candy. I did a few sinker pencils in that mix I called "Purpeel". Mmmm, dems good eats!

Nice Dave!!!!:D

Thanks guys..


BA- The Cypress was a freebie... I know a guy who owns a milling company and he uses a lot of cypress. He burns his scraps of 5 quarter but I snag a few armloads now and then. It is not terribly expensive though. It turns nicely but doesn't sand as well as I'd like. The grain seems to be a little tougher, there is also a lot of variation from one piece to the next. The grain can be wide, light and soft or tight, hard and heavy. I try to stick with the hard, heavy stuff.

As for the prototype.. I'll keep you posted still in the swimming stage.

-Dave

nice:)

Well.. I just came in form swimming the peanut bunker plug and well... have you ever thought of an idea, made some felonious calculations (knowing that many more prototypes lie ahead), built it and had it do exactly what you wanted? I never had until today. I hatched this idea last winter after watching a Mike Laptew tape.. many of you have probably seen it. The segment that this idea came from was the fluke footage. A fluke hugging the bottom attacking baitfish while they lazily swam around. I wanted to make a plug looked like a fish in it's natural habitat. The plug sinks very slowly wobbling while it sinks. When lifted it darts and wobbles upward, when you jerk the rod tip it darts from side to side and on a painfully slow retrieve comes in in a slow darting zig zag. The plug is made of mahogany and is a real chore to build but guess where I'm headed now?

-Dave

i was just going to ask you on that plug?
Did You weight the hell out of the nose?
thats a reverse Boogie type and nice to see inovative shtuff
10 pikes up to You.
Did You have to work it slow well im guessing you did. to keep it from coming up

BM.. The plug stays down even on a fast retrieve. It has 2 different weighting positions it doesn't swim nose down when sinking. It swims down at like a 45 degree angle. As far as retrieve goes it definately swims better at a crawl (needle speed) than anything faster. I think it will really shine in deeper water when it can be counted down and brought in like a slow sinking jig. Wobbling down and darting and swimming upward. But I am equally intrigued to try fishing it like a needle. Those blue mackerel Dannies you make look pretty nice if you'd like to try one :hihi:

-Dave

Originally posted by Canalman
Thanks guys..


BA- The Cypress was a freebie... I know a guy who owns a milling company and he uses a lot of cypress. He burns his scraps of 5 quarter but I snag a few armloads now and then. It is not terribly expensive though. It turns nicely but doesn't sand as well as I'd like. The grain seems to be a little tougher, there is also a lot of variation from one piece to the next. The grain can be wide, light and soft or tight, hard and heavy. I try to stick with the hard, heavy stuff.


-Dave

Hi BA Bernzy :wavey:


Hello Bernzy:wavey:


Dave, the small amount I have is real tight grained and sands well. It is somewhat reminiscent of red cedar but more dense. I love it but like I said it's tough to find. Is the reason for the inconsistent product you are getting due to a mix of old growth and newer growth lumber? Based on what you said I would imagine the piece I have is heartwood. Thanks for the reply.