Here are some plugs That I have been putting in displays around my home.( This is my first attempt at posting pics)

Wow, it freakin' worked! Some more.

Nice Giants Flap:btu:

And another.

And again

Nice collection!:)

Couple More

And these

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

Bear with me, I'm on to something new. A few more.

MASTERLURES

I might do this all night. A few odds and ends.

SOoooooo....can I come ova for a beeah? Shoot the poop? Ya know hang out. Ummm...you can check my pockets! :angel:

Some Poppers. Remember when Rebels came in a box?

Flaptail......will you marry me????:laugha: :laugha: :laugha:

In the masterlures picture.....top left....:drool: Ohhhh boy!

Someone get a new digi-camera???:confused:

look here

some oldies. Need identification on swimmer with no tail hook and blue one with cotter pin hook holders. Aalso the little black one. Any ideas?

Steve,

What was your address again? :devil:


Whats the deal with the pink darter? Gibbs?

Keep em' comin' Flaptail....:happy: :bounce: :claps: :drool:

Mike,that is a very early and very rare Squid darter by Gibbs. Shrimp colored on top to light pinkish/orange on belly. Really rare piece.

Wow Flap!

Some of those babies are in such nice shape they look like they could have been made yesterday!!

I am sure it took you quite some time to put together your collection?
I would love to be able to collect some of the oldies but nowadays with the fools and their money you cant find a good deal for the most part!!

Hope ya got them insured!!
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Wow is right! Nice collection, Flap. Thanks for sharing a gander at those beauties.:cool:

Good evening everyone....errrr....argggg....my name is errr...aaa...BigFish and I am a plugoholic!:laugha: It did not start off to be a bad thing.....early on, I just bought plugs to throw at the fishies, maybe catch a few......sometimes I would lose one, you know, and then I would have to buy more.......and then came the web-site......yeah, the web-site!!!! Striped-Bass they called it...."its a ball" they said...."give it a try" they said so I did......and then came.....THE PLUG FORUM!!!!! A place where colorful, seductive, handmade plugs are posted in picture, discussed, traded and bandied about like gold bullion......yeah.....thats when it happened......I was hooked (no pun intended)!!! Soon afterwards a guy sells me a mini-lathe...."make plugs" he says.....now look at me......alaskan yellow cedar stacked in the pantry next to the Cheerios, wood shavings in the bed.......the constant aroma of shaved wood wafts through the house.....I am losin' it I tell ya, losin' it!!!!! When will it end damn it, wheeennnnnn!!!!!:bc:

:laugha: :hihi: :hs: :bl:

Good to know I am not alone!:btu:

Hi Steve :wavey: :btu:

Helllllo Steve,
Please do not stop :)

Looks GREAT

VB

:drool: :drool: :drool: :kewl: :kewl: :heybaby: johnny "the Ratt Boy"

OK, be a few minutes. I will go down to the museum and see what I can dust off.

FLAP-Stop,Stop, cut it out your killin me here!:scream:
It should be against the law to show that many gorgeous plugs at one time! :kewl:

Blue Streaks and Warbels

Couple stray darters ( I'm just grabbin' chit)

Between Christmas and now I have been on the two plug a week program to stock up on my most productive plastic ware. This is the arsenal for this upcoming season. Yozuris, Cotton Cordell, Renegade and Tsunami

Last one for tonight.Some misc. Needlesby Gibbs ( Seaworm, Chartreuse/redand Bumblebee) Gags, Boone and the top one was sent to me new last year by Eelpunt and this is what one season of taking countless Bass on it. ( Do you think Ray would re-paint that one for me?)

This is definetly the last one tonight. Am I boring you guys?

:devil: just say when:angel:

Now ya did it Flap, ya put me over the edge ,just like Big Fish told it!:uhoh: Now i gotta go and find a PA meeting and check in to an impatient detox program.:eek:

At first it was....just for the fishin':bc: ....next thing you know......I am supporting a six plug a day habit!!!!:huh: Home made, store bought, plugs at auction, e-bay........damn that e-bay! Plastic, metal, wood......ohhhh....ooooohhhh.....the wood is goooood!:drool: I just have to have em'....red, blue, white, green, blurple.....poppers, darters, needlefish, swimmers.......it doesn't matter what they were, I had to have them!!!!:err:

Cool stuff Flaptail! The blue swimmer with the cotter pin hardware is a Murat. I don't know what the other is.
Adam

In the last pic of all the small Gibbs stuff is a popper that was never rigged. It is not a Gibbs even though it looks like it. Anyone know what that one is?

In the last pic what did Stan Gibbs call the ones that look like the little trolling plugs I think the first I saw of em was when CS posted some Of his stuff when Stan Passed on.the're cool.

Oh Yea I almost forgot I want that big rebel Pop-R

Hey Flaptail I see you left a SPOT.... :D

Can you tell me who made that yellow darter just above that unrigged mystery popper w/ the black tiger stripes?

I have some plugs like yours that I haven't a clue who made. I guess I gotta line them up and take some pics. ;)

I'm a newbie at these old plugs. Wish the lures could talk and tell me cool stories. :)

You got the right idea Flaptail! :btu:

So, when are you going to get these plugs out so that they can be seen 1st hand?...

Boy oh boy, nice job on all the plugs. When the hell do you find time to fish?

let them out? the only light those will see is the light that will come through his windows.

Some of the other swimmers are Murats also. Charlie's son-in law, Dave was a good friends of mine. I was a pall bearer for him when he died in 94. He has a surfcaster, hooked up, carved into his headstone.Called the swimmers the Conneticut Yankee

What a shame...

They sure are purdy! :)

Salty, you are too funny!:D

I HAD to do that :D

Originally posted by Flaptail
Salty, you are too funny!:D

NIB,:wave: Those little plugs are GTS-1, Gibbs Trolling Swimmers, 1 oz.:D

:shocked: :drool: :drool: :drool: :kewl: Ummm :rolleyes: can I borrow a couple, you know, for research reasons :D

Jigman

Tonight I will post my collection of Eelskin rigs. I got a slew of old ones.

Maybe they will have a computer i can use tonite in the inpatient unit of the PA addiction center.:D

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so when are You going to fish those Junk plugs in the stupid boxes.
real men fish there plugs.
Oh look one had paint peel'd on it.
what You sand it off
ugly old junkjust like You ugly

Originally posted by Flaptail
Tonight I will post my collection of Eelskin rigs. I got a slew of old ones.
why not you dont fish them

Steve, I would be glad to repaint it, but I wouldn't want to screw up all that great mojo..............your choice...............Ray ep

Ray , I used the plug,He dont fish

Your pathetic. :D Ray, your right. Then I am going to need another one!:D

Could Flaptail just be, just be warmin up, for an extreme plug face off:Huh: It seems it would take a very formidable challenger from what weve seen so far.:D

We could turn this into a full blown plug porn thread. :D
You in VB?

I feel like I spoke prematurley when I said Nice collection. Now I wish to change my statement to "WHEW":happy:

The eelskin rigs

Stuff you guys made!

Here they are!

More of stuff you guys sent me.

Lastly, for tonight that is,can anyone tell me who made this?It's approx. 3 inches long. Got it years ago from Mac Reed.

Originally posted by Flaptail
Lastly, for tonight that is,can anyone tell me who made this?It's approx. 3 inches long. Got it years ago from Mac Reed.

Ct. Yankee :confused:

Hey Adam plug porn plug porn plug porn.......nrop gulp nrop gulp

Right. Murat CT. Yankee

Wow flaptail.....thats Awsome!

TEST PIC

What more can be said,Flaptail--YOU da man!:bounce::kewl::jump:

Tonight, some Goo-Goos and some more Gibbs needles and a few surprises.

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Steve - skin jigs

Third one down in the last column - any idea who made it ?

G2, that looks to be a Stan Kuzia style jig

I think most collectors all have the same ones, what I want to know is where are all the molds that these were made from? alot have brass rings that were put on them made from brass water pipe.....I have a huge box of them, but have yet seen one mold....anyone?

That's a Stan Kuzia like Slip said.

Little Goo-Goo's

Bigger Goo-Goo's

Steve, a friend of mine owns all Stan Kuzia's molds. He lives in Waquoit ( Falmouth). Some of the 3/4 and 1 oz. were just made by him for me. Gave Bassmaster a 1oz. last year. They work well off of the beach.

Stan is one of my heros I look up to, well not look up to literally;)
I could talk to him for hours, next time I should have a tape player to record the conversation :)

He was one of the in crowd and fished with all the greats.;)

this sucks..every time I think I'm doing well in the plug department someone post a pic of another color I don't have:mad: no wonder I'm grumpy:smash: flap make me ungrumpy.

:err: Any more....plugs????

Hey Flap, like Big Fish said huh,huh,huh? :huh:
Did you check your plug bag? :boots: :bounce:

Oh Phydeaux!

Gantron, semi Gantron and Black Scale Jointed Striper Pikies

Daughter had computer tied up all night.Tonight I can play some more. Maybe a few Floyd Roman's and Capn' Bills and some Atoms?;)

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Wow, I'd better get my chin off the floor before I step in my mouth! Whatta collection!:eek:

Originally posted by Slipknot
G2, that looks to be a Stan Kuzia style jig

Thanks . . . I got some just like it but they're "modern".

Did you get them from Saltheart?

One of every known color of Gibbs 6" Needlefish.

An M&M Big Jake, a Home Made vintage 46'/47' made on Mashnee Island, and a MurEel.

FLAPTAIL. You need a box for that MUR-EEL

John, it came in a nice black Mureel box ans usually stays in it!

The nest three are for CapeSams although I am sure he has all of these.

#2

Lastly, a smattering of Atom Plastic.

OK, I can't let Flaptail have all the fun. Since it's Flaptail's thread, I thought some flaptails would be in order.

don't stop now

vb

Some N.Y. stuff.

Whew! Thanks Adam! I think we should all post plugs on this thread until the Bass come back. Keep them comin'.

Plug Porn forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :happy:

Point Jude, Heddon and a rare N.Y. maker Oldfield Bros.

J&J out of N.J. and an Atom. Hey Flaptail, send that pink 40 to me!

If Adam get's going it will be a great friday night.
We may need more beer :)

Speaking of beer, Steve it looks like you spilled some on the needle display ..lol

How many display cases you have any way ? WHat do u use to hold the plugs ? needles? Do you have them on the wall?
Thanks

VB

Some of my favorites. Early Point Jude.

OK VB, your turn. Step away from the beer and grab the camera! :D

Russellure, PT. Jude Cutlass, Pflueger Mustang, Phillips 66and two I dont know who made.

The next three (3) are of one of the oldest Squid Plugs I

Dang, fingers flyin' in the wrong places. Anyway this plug was made by a Gentleman on Mashnee Island at the west end of the Canal in 1947. It is handmade and I know who owns the other two exactly like it. He made that other popping plug with the tail and fins I posted earlier. Here goes

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side

bottom view

VB, I have six cases on the wall. I have two cases that I am using for backgrounds here.A lot of my stuff hangs on nets on the wall of my Spousal Avoidance Center. I got to let the kids on the computer now before they strangle me. Teenage girls,sheesh! But of course I love them to death even though they make me crazy.

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wow, i need help with this @%$&^*
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Flap,Cs,Adam,VB -You guys are totally out of control!:happy:
This has to be the plug thread of the century. If it's possible keep it coming, even though my printer is crying "uncle"!:D

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Don't know CS,could be were in the PLUG TWILIGHT ZONE?:huh::D

...Can I join in the fun:happy:
...Flaptails for Flaptail...

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Ah,I missed one of the GooGoo's

Some Capn' Bill's

Hey It's Guy La Douche, my favorite announcer and Head Capitulation Instructor at The French Army's School Of Surrender. Come on Chum dive right in!:D

http://www.striped-bass.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=149186

Flaptail, the bottom left, the bottom left:eek: :eek: :p :o :eek: I neeeeeed to examine this plug more closely PLEEEEEASE!

I don't know if I can take looking any further in this thread tonight. I just came in from the shop and I don't know if I can handle pages 9 and 10 yet:beat: :cool: :wall:

Originally posted by capesams
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is this real?? anyone

Maybe they made it on April Fools day???

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It's a Russellure.They were ( and might still be for all I know) in California. They were big with the Charter skippers at Cuttyhunk in the old, old days. Hang on a minute I will post better pic for you.

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Hey Bruce,this one?

Russellure, top view

Yaaa
what is that made from a piece of pipe?

...I'm in with a Russelure, and raise you a Masterlure jointed eel:)

how about a full house

Guy you dog! I will see that and raise two Russellures and a Original Frank Woolner/Henry Lyman "Striped Bass Fishing' printed in 1958

Oops, make that 1954! :laughs:

:eek: ....too rich for my skin...I'm out...

Me too, bed time for us old farts...........................

:rolleyes:...one more hand...

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Can I play?

How about some darters.....

Or maybe a Fire Plug?

Well, the early bird gets the...uh, plug, I guess. Jake's an early riser, huh?

Hey, Mike, PM me, just wanted to see if you're off to see the Wizard today or tomorrow. I'll tag along if you want company for the ride.

5" Super Windcheaters ( the original 70's versions)

7" Rebel Super Windcheaters( I caught more big bass on these than any other lure I have ever used, note the bent hooks on the Bone colored one)

Alright alright my fricken head is gonna espload already its to cold to fish there's no escape. Helllllpppp.........

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Nice CS! Here are some Lupo Dannys'

got some of those...was told they were a killer plug down at the tip on the old bar.:) those were copied from danny pichney danny's.

AAAHHHHH.... drool,

got more slober comin' out of me than a dog let loose in a butcher shop!

Nice stuff... hidden museums, thanks for the pics... keep 'em comin'

0k

A couple of my Gibbs Trolling Swimmers in Scup and Mackerel

Bleeding Mackerel, White, Blue Scale and a rare Gibbs Deep Diving Trolling swimmer ( this is not a Danny, but turned from a GTS body. I got this from Stan and he told me he was experimenting with this when the Dannys came out. Only one I know of)

Dang,wrong picture. Try again.

Of course the Jointed trolling swimmer and Giant GTS IN bLUE mack are the ones pictured a couple back. Ahhh!!!!!

flap,,,,ya mail box is gonna blow up...call me[ sylver]

I am in the company of true collectors.

Piemma.... they're not even done yet..This will go on till april:smash:

OH.......MY...........GAWD!!!!:drool: That.....was.....the best......everrrrr!:laugha:

What a great plug museum we got goin' here!:btu: Thanks for sharing guys.:thanks:



More please though!:eyes:

plug....overload....must....go .. foldle plugs....

I just dug out some ol' plastic stuff.I wil be right back.

:) ...did someone say Danny Pinchney?...

Yum Chum! Nice! Here is some misc. plastic. Creek Chub, Old Pal Hydron, Rhinehart Jinx ( I just got good hardware of a junker to put that baby together) Plus some other stuff.

Some Spooks and a couple other things.

Christian.....spooooks!:happy: :laugha:

ahh! I see a sea pearl, say that 3 times fast....what that under it.[red]

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you guys are really, really killin me .. what a collection.
I hope you got these insured. I would be afraid to leave the house.

CS I got LOADS of them in every color he made, wanna see some?

:humpty:

I will digem out tonite :)

We are waiting Scott, hurry up will ya?

Ok ok I will go getem now be back with pics shortly

I couldn't wait any longer.Here are a coupleofmy Gibbs Casting Swimmers. These are unusual.The pink one was made for Ron Arra.

ok found one box gotta look for the other one that has more dannies in it.

more

guy made some kewl plugs

round noses too

sky blue mmmmmmmm

schoolbus :)

my fav is the blue/silver

lemme go see if I can find the other box now :)

Nice,very, very Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got more to show?:happy: :happy: :happy:

got LOTS more Flap..I'm a closet collector :D

Well, come on out of the closet. Now's a good a time as any!:laughs:

well I looked for the other box but no find right now. Place is a mess from work and getting ready for next week. I will look again for it tomorrow. Time to play with kids :) Got some old Jets etc too I'll dig them out too.

stay up late an find that box..

flap>>> what's that red plastic plug under the sea pearl?

GEEZ,i'm away from the thread for 12hours and it takes me 3 hours to catch up on the additional 12,000 posted!:kewl:
Who is refing this Extreme Plug Contest?:huh:
Got Dobermans?:devil2: :hidin:

...three Danny P's and a Lupo...

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM There is a rumour that plug poker is going around on this site. It is awesome to see all that east coast hardware! also good to see flap has pulled some of that gouregous stuff out of the garage.
It seems some of you have beeen bulking up since the last plug poker game. Dang all I got is these boxes of pikies that you guys have no interest in.

pop the lids on those cardboard coffin's an show us your hardware....pikes r us.

Hicky-Do

Gamsby, Howard's and J & H

Adam, great stuff! Are we going to do a littlwe business soon? Winchie, open up,weneed a CCBCO fix!

Rur ro..... Now U went an got Adam R in the mix. Where is VB He must be a Scaredy Cat.He shows us a coupla beaters then runs away.An I know CS has all kinds of rare stuff.Flap cool Stan Gibbs Rares.Its like U can see what was in his mind through his plugs...... .sort of.

NIB, I agree. Here is a couple Famous Floyd Romans for my friend VB, maybe he will post some more stuff for us.

Capesams should like this one. It is a re-painted Atom 40.Not that a re-paint is anything special except that Frank Woolner did this re-paint and gave it to me on a visit to his house with Paul Kukonen back in the late 70's. You should have seenthe plugs he had.

stan

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Anyone got some vintage Gibbs pencil poppers or casting swimmers?:drool: :drool: :drool:

Any Gibbs new in box or original package??:err: :drool:

BF, couple gibbs. GTS-2, GTS-1, and a pair of poppers.

a pile of oldy gibbs in the pkgs. some 3 hook darters, blue macks, and some jointed danny's. i got boxes of these guys. :D

baby trolling swimmer and baby bottle.

Thanks T-Lap...I needed that!:btu:


MORE!

some of my atoms.

Go Toby :)

VB

a school of macks.

Don't stop now Brother!:D

Can you guys tell me what time frame Gibbs was packaging his lures in the red boxes and when they started packing them in the poly sleeves?:confused:

Also, during that time frame were all Gibbs lures packed in boxes or just some?:huh:

Looks like we could be a long way from "The Grand Finale!":humpty: :happy" :happy:

Man....its been almost 3 hours since anyone posted new pics of old plugs........must have..(cough, gasp)...plugs....losing...(sigh)....power!!!! Please.........someone...............can anyone.....(fart)...(damn chili).....hear me????? Can you help a fella out????:laugha: :drool:

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CS, you find any black back of those weird atom swimmers with the moving lip? i have 4 blue/whites all the same size. when i looked at the old dealer order form i have, it lists two sizes and two colors. :confused:

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mackerel/white 40!!!!!!!!!! :heybaby:

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only seen silver an blue back so far..still lookin.

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ooooh, like the grey and black swirl :drool:

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anyone remember this one? :laughs:

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