Here are some bottle darters now that I finally have them down pat. (Took 7 or 8 different variations to get it right) And a pikie made out of yellowheart

oh forgot the pikie

hatch jack strikes again.....ain't that yella purty.:kewl:

I bet that yellow pikie looks irridescent as you wiggle it in the light... beautiful!

You likin' them Bottledarts huh! I don't remember reading anything so I'll ask "how they swim"? Kinda dart an wiggle?

they swim more like a darter, the wiggle is very minimal. The nice thing is that the water doesn't have to be moving very fast. Plug will dive easily and darttttttt. The others I made before were experimental. Took a while to get the weighting down pat. These are made with hard maple.

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wow! beautiful work newelly.those bottle darters are a wild looking beast.nicely done.

guzz

I can't take credit for them. I got one from NIB and liked the action so much I had to make some. Little did I know that it wasn't going to be that easy.

Those are sweet plugs .. yep Nibs bottle darter was a hit at that plug thingy.. Newelly passed one of his on to me so I could try .. See what u started Nib .. Those are looking really good Newelly ,,can't wait to see them work ...

You got the hook in darters!!:spin:

Nice NG really nice! Do you need to weight the darters?

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Miss her NG ?... dont worry she is in a good home...

Ok so I got a CAMERA a sonyP32 an a Hewlit packard Millineum addition putr.if someone could walk me through S-L-O-W-L-Y how to load up pics I'll show u's what they are supposed to look like.NG to impart more wiggle the front lip should be longer an the face should be more convex like the face on a bottle plug.

I don't know Tony, I think they are pretty close. I do know they swim very nicely:D

side view, maybe a little less "V" on top edge, top one was made by NIB, bottom one by me

Very nice N.G. + NIB .:D

NG U did a great job reproducin mine that works well.but the one I copied from is different.I recently reproduced it to more accurate specs.this thing really swims wicked pissa.:D I can't show the original cause some guys will break into my house for it.:smash:

Aahhh, so where do ya live?:laughs:

Very nice work there "Hatchet Mac" That redhead and the black and purple only work in Rhode Island I think. ;) :happy:

Hey plug junkie,
Nice job on the bottle darters..nice wood turning and a beautiful finish.
I'm the inventor and patent holder of the bottle darter and I have to tell you that although you did a real nice bit of work there you also made a few small mistakes and one major change that are the reasons that the plug doesn't perform as it should.
If you'd like to contact me for the specs feel free.
Tight lines.

Hard for me to tell as far as how they should swim. These swim and dart beautifully. Only having the plug from NIB to compare it to action wise. I am intrigued though on how it would swim differently.