I'm a plugaholic..
My house is full of dust and paint fumes ,, There is work to be done on the house but I don't do it ,, I need more wood ,, more epoxy,, more wire,,more hooks,,and most of all, more time . I become aroused when I see a nice plug with kickin curves and all dressed up pretty .. I think of plugs all the time .. in work,,with the family ,, holidays . I hit a scratch ticket and sent winnings to NJ Tackle (lips).. I want to stay in my cellar and just come up for meals .. I become ill when I screw up or my epoxy has a little void I punish myself .. This is for real..No Joke.. I know there are others out there like me ..Isn't there a support group for this .. If your thinking of building plugs ,..think twice ,, Starts with a needle,,progresses to a lip junky who will spend his last dollar on a pikie lip .... whoooaaa is me ..:(

I feel your pain

welcome to dysfunction junction

you will notice the lack of love lately in here

wood dust, paint fumes, sniffing epoxy---> disrupts rational thought, promotes jealousy and sniping

you got lips? lucky bastage, taggage master, must go now, kick dog, snap at wife and kids

let us know if you find good rehab, maybe we get group rate

You tuzze guys are waaay to funny:hihi::laughs: The sad part is your telin the truth.:D However,honesty is the first step to recovery:)See it,admit it, confess it,and go free:)

:D

you nailed it JPI

But, if I made plugs as nice as tagger's, I'd never want the cure.

And that's straight talk, no rump swabbery! :kewl:

Ya Karl,there's a big difference between rump scahwabery and sincerity :)
You guys are the best:D

Now get back to makin plugs:happy:

look at it this way ED..u could be waisting your time sitting on a bar stool, sitting in your comfort chair stuffing your face with food,going shopping with your wife,doing laundry or bicking jam out from between your toes.....those things r far worse than the sickness u have..let's hope no one finds a cure.:spin:

Just so ya know...."Ed"...;) this is the support group!:laughs: That will cost you one plug.;)

Ed, you go up for meals? I made a table top that slides over my table saw, got dump chair, cook on the wood stove (cave heat source), or the elcheapo benny's microwave...... if I can find another 5 gallon bucket(portapotti), I'll have no need to go upstairs again!!!! :eek:

I put in a dumbwaiter....:D...problem is I work out back!:smash:

just last month i put in a 12" tv in the cave. even hooked it up with cable.
i don't got a microwave, but the hot plate i use to melt lead also heats the canned food. but once you start thinking about crapping in the 5 gal bucket, you've hit rock bottom. :smash:

Ed;
Hi I'm the guy from Braintree, I introduced myself at the Bash'04. If you are in need of some storage space, send a few to me! I am in the exact opposite situation. I have more space and no plugs.
Merry Christmas from a fellow M%$%$%$%$%$%$%$. :D

Oh yeah, I bought my wife the house next door!! :happy:

ooohhhhh thats some high grade epoxy man!!:gf:

Sounds like you're describing me! You know if enough of us act like this, well then it's normal, right? Right?
Bucket, I don't need no steenkin' bucket!:happy:

Thats it .. I've decided if I am insane I'm in good company,, Like CS says, I could be in some gin mill peeing it all away .. thanks guys . I feel better now... They'll have to come and get me ..

Hi, my name is Dan. I've been lurking for a few months now and decided to say hello. I couldn't help but see myself in this thread. My house stinks of laquer, most of my t-shirts have epoxy on them and my wife is wondering when I'll finish the odd jobs I started in September.
All I can think about is when will my kits get here from NJ tackle.
I know I'm not crazy now its you guys.

Hiya Rockfish, welcome to the madness!! You're gonna have a good time here and these guys are the best!




Hey guys look!!!Fresh meat!!! I saw him first!!;)

Rockfish, have you ever heard the word "Ho"? Welcome Bud!

i always smell like ayc

No, never heard that word.
But if you guys would like to send me some plugs to copy, I'll be sure to return them when I'm done.;)

U a fast learner :)

That was smooth...:p

Right now my truck is still littered with plugs in this bag or bin from a fall season of wood ch#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g sometimes they want small sometimes u gotta chuck em outside the bar this yr was white last yr if it wasn't chartruese it was no use.my computer desk doubles as a tyin center.my lamp has a magnifyin glass on it.there are jigs bucktails all kinds o flashy crap files clippers splitring pliers siwash hooks teaser hooks(idon't even tro teasers) trbles, cements glues an paints. rolls of leader an terminal tackle an bags all over.I have painted plugs hangin in a jig i made by the heater in the kitchen.I have plugs sitting in various stages of completion all over the livin rm.in the truck every where i go i smell cedar or some kinda sealer.there are tthousands of plugs in the garage that don't even make it into the truck as part of the team but they all have a purpose.the last time i counted i had over sixty fishin poles.that was about a dozen rods ago.there's conventionals with 80 lb braid 50 lb forty lb boat rods (i don't even like boats I get queezy)fluke rods for the river for the ocean toggin sticks An the gamut of freshwater rods from steelhead noodle blanks to flippin sticks for largemouths...mono for live bait lighter one for hering an a couple 1209 an Harnells for the bunks.,spinning from 11'132 2 arra to bout all the other models lami makes down rods for small plugs i don't even use any more snagggin rods for bunker herring jiggin sticks fore the delaware an for the small ponds.I got 2 canal rods incase i drive my ass up there an break one I'm still fishin.all spring it was jigs an live bait. there are jig molds melting pots hooks jig paint all that stuff an more rubber than a goodyr plant. there are to or three live wells pumps buckets nets eel tanks with dead eels ( i'll wait till the decompose a little more so they won't make me barf.)My pen is still in the water at the marina I'll need the forklit to get it out as its got 300 lbs of mussels an stuff growin on it.i have a old chesta drws in the garage filled with reels hundreds of spools of mono an braid.shelfs filled with al kinds of boxes of lures an jigs Fluke fishin largemouth bass fisshin trout fishin all kinds of fishin 3 or four cast nets..my desk in the garage is the braincenter where the mad scientist creates his next frankenstien.i go to the hardware store an everybody runs I am constantly gettin things there to make something other than what it was intended.i live outside the box food sleep are a afterthought well maybe not food.i yell at the girlfriend an tell her its bass season i got no time.U think u got it bad yesterday i went togggin12 hrs on a small boat all i could think of was how to make a green crab plug.theres a tv in the garage a small black an white never seems to leave the weather channel.thats right I am one of those weather freaks also. compoulsion breeds more insanity......welcome to the club

Geeze NIB, ya need more stuff. Or are you one of those minimalists?:laughs: It's not crazy or obsessed, it's just really interested. ......Well it is

I am the Anti Minimilast.I'm one of those pack rat types the other day I thru out a old shop vac that was havin electical spasms an I cut the cord off an saved it.I see guys sellin stuff on by sell trade an I wonder how they do that.All my stuff is very important the key is bein able to find it when u need it as my memorey is startin to go i have a hard time remembering.

I spend way to much time in my plug cave but I have a question. I want to put a little TV down there but am concerned about the AYC dust. Seems like when I sand on the lathe there is a cloud for awhile after. Any problems with the dust getting to the TV components???:cool:

I FEEL BETTER NOW. I WAS BEGINNIN TO BELIEVE MY WIFE, SHE CALLS ME A PACK RAT. JUST BECAUSE I HAVE STUFF I HAVN'T USED IN 20 YEARS BUT WON'T THROW AWAY.
AND WHEN GUYS LOOK AT ME FUNNY WHEN I PULL UP WITH MY 20' CENTER CONSOLE WITH 14 RODS READY FOR ACTION, EACH WITH A DIFFERENT LURE, AND THEY ASK IF I HAVE ENOUGH RODS!
i JUST CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PLUG I WON'T NEED AND DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME RETYING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLITZ. THAT REMINDS ME I NEED A COUPLE MORE ROD HOLDERS FOR THE NEW RODS I BOUGHT THIS FALL, I CAN'T LEAVE THEM HOME I MIGHT NEED THEM IN THE SPRING.
RECENTLY, SOMEONE WANTED TO BUY ONE OF MY OLD SHOTGUNS THAT I HAVN'T USED IN 15 YEARS .
WE AGREED ON A PRICE AND I TOOK IT OUT TO SHOW IT TO HIM. WHEN I HELD IT IN MY HANDS AND STARTED WORKING THE ACTION, I CHANGED MY MIND AND PUT IT BACK UNDER THE BED. HE UNDERSTOOD.;)

Have your wife take a lok at this link.....then she won't think you're TOTALLY Insane.

Man Caves (http://www.striped-bass.com/StriperTalk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19730)

AS A MATTER OF FACT I DID HAVE MY WIFE LOOK AT THIS THREAD.
SHE JUST SHOOK HER HEAD AND MUMBLED SOMETHING ABOUT MEN BEING BIG BOYS?;)