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nice!
those gotta make a huge POP.









don't you have enough plugs already?:laughs:

u outta see what's hangin,,,ready ta paint...got swirl:D

:drool:

and yer a tease, too :)
swirly pops, can't wait ta see 'em!

swirl:spin: :think: :cool:

Those are beauties Capesams.....nice work as always!:drool:

nice!!! bet they go POP!!

AHHH yes, Cuttyhunk poppers! One of my favorites. I like your paint combinations!! VERY nice work.

Big Poppies! Nice color combo's.;)

Sweet!

if you dont mind me asking ... whats the weight on thoes?

Beautiful work Steve .., Whats the history of that plug .. are they still available .. ?

txs. for the comp's.

these weigh about 2.65 with hooks.

Bruce Borge's who is maybe 69-70 years old now,,it was his dad that made these...I'd have to say somewhere in the early 1900's .

so if ya find any reel one's call me:D

very nice, as usual :btu:

Thanks Steve .. love the history lesson on these old plugs .. :D

Nice work Steve.:btu:

They look real nice, and its just my observation, but unless you have a lot of weight in the tail, these *appear* like they might not cast that great. Have you actually cast these?

no weight, but then again when these were used ya didn't have to cast real far

Not sure on the length of these Cutty's, but the Goo Goo Eyes knockoffs I made were very similar in design and shape and were tail weighted.....pretty sure they have to be with the balance of the weight on the Cutty's forward....they will need some tail weight.:confused: I could be wrong but you also need the tail weight to get the tail down in the water so they can "pop"!;)

Hey Steve ,, Do u have a real one .. what u use for a model ?... When I get something good I'd like to trade for copy..I'm into poppers now ..:)

An old timer I know who fished the old Chatham cut at Nauset back in the 50's and 60's said they had great success with the cutty's there as well, you wouldn't have had to cast far there either, get them in the current, and you coulda let them go however far out you wanted.. From what I gather, you kinda wanted these to sit flat in the water, and the rougher, or faster moving the water, the better. The Originals were cotterpinned, not thru wired, nose and belly hook, were even thru pinned together, so the cotter's might have given them the weight displacement, that was unique to them. If my mind id working OK this AM, I think somone, (AdamR, meybey?) posted some pics of the originals, either in the some plugs thread, or the one that I started about a year ago on cuttyhunk poppers.....originals were also mainly redheads/white body.

I was looking at a real one last week and there isn't any weight. Must cast like poop. but like karl said get it out in current and let it float :btu:

no lead in the one I borrowed. ....swivel's were pinned....color was white with a red head....looked like it was fished maybe twice if that..

alot of people are under the impression these days if it doesn't cast like a rocket it's got to b junk...not so....every plug has it's place to b fished in.....some plugs only need to b thrown 10' at most to get into the killing fields.....

Got pic of an Original ?

Tagger, check your e-mail

I fondled a few yesterday at Adam's. Hopefully he'll post pics of the ones he has.

that wood b nice...the only two colors I've see r red an white,,,,,white with blue ribbs on the back

:p copycat

Originally posted by capesams

alot of people are under the impression these days if it doesn't cast like a rocket it's got to b junk...not so....every plug has it's place to b fished in.....some plugs only need to b thrown 10' at most to get into the killing fields.....
Ya got that chit right!
note to others, if you need a popper to cast far ,make it correct in how it is to ride in the water.....
another side note, the smallest creek chub popper is deadly in tight when the fish are pushing small pogies and sand ells on the shore.
1 color>>>>white>>>>>>

:hee: :wave:

U like pink:D

Biteme,run,don't walk directly to the safe:D

Originally posted by bassmaster
U like pink:D

he likes red, even bettah! ;)

Bite Me.... that's a beauty, I'd take justplugit's advise on that one, or I could hold it for ya ;)

Very nice Steve,

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VB

It won't be long before you can't tell the difference between a Capesammy and a original. :)

That will always be easy, the capesammy's are always nicer!

Nice plugs Steve! Here are a few originals. In addition to these colors pictured, I've had a solid gray, and a blue back/ white belly. Not sure what other colors they might have made.

Thanks for the picture Adam, First Rate Stuff :kewl:
You have an amazing collection.

those have a swivel in the nose as well?

Thanks Karl.
CS, I'm pretty sure they do. I'll look when I get home tonight.

came in 6 colors, and tack eye/painted/and glass eye
VB

:thanks:

:eyes:


Minty!


:thanks:


$2.00!!!!!! yikes, a bargain!

Thanks for showing us the box, and thatnice green/white.

VB,
What's the 6th color?

was the 5th white/blue mixed?

green and white striped
blue and white striped
green with white belly
blue with white belly
redhead
squid



but you never ,,,,

VB

never:confused:

can say for sure what's out in the field :)

baby's:devil:

Got dimentions on those cuttys...length,,diameter,,front and rear ..hook, weight placement from arse.. am I asking for too much..:eek:

yeh! there's no lead:laughs:

Can you post a picture of the plug face? I'd like to see how you finished it.

CS, the front pin holds a line tie swivel and the belly hook swivel.

VB, I also had a gray one with a white belly...that makes 7.

yes...I thinkthey also used a short wire to connect the swivels to that pin...either that or they made their own very long swivel.

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Looks great CS...that ones got a perty mouth!:D

shave your knuckles

Thanks for the picture. What's the drill bit called that you use to get that cupped shape?

I've been playing around with the face of a few poppers and am trying to decide which sequence gives me a better mouth. Cut the angle then the mouth vs cut the mouth then the angle. Doing the mouth, then the angle cut, I get a pretty interesting mouth shape, deep across the top and shallow across the bottom. Will be curious as to how it pops in the water comapred to the other one. Done several of both...

my skin looks like an elephant's rump :rolleyes:

the last one u said to do is the best for these popper's....bluestreaks had a deep mouth top an bottom.

grumpy, do a swirl cutty:D

:hee:

http://65.96.148.142/dsc01029.jpg

mother/daughter

:drool: :drool: :drool:

Here are my first!!

first one's:eek: WOW!...more please

Jig Man got me started in this incredible hobby this past summer. I have been working on some top water stuff along with needles and a few swimmers.
I'll check my picture files for more. I do not think I have any with just cuttys, I'll look.
Here is a shot of my latest poppers! My garage is now ICE cold, so I am working at getting going again :rolleyes:

Nice cuts and beautiful finish, Sea 5 :btu:

that blue and white cutty popper is gonna SLAM EM:eyes:
later link sr