plugs??????

holy crap

:shocked: damnnnn!!

yep, definitly too many plugs..:doh:

How Tha Hell do ya get all 6'6" of ya under 'em, ta get to the lathe????
:huh:


I'm a whole foot shorter than you, and I'm d#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&' looking at the picture!
:hihi:

I think ya got my addy, send the ones in your way---->my way. ;)

I gotta show the wife this pic ..:eek: She'll think I'm ok ..

Inspirational pieces in front of my tying desk....

more "shtuffff"

Cool! However when I showed my wife these pictures and told her that I only have half that many plugs she just laughs and walks off! Pretty much the same reaction from my son and he's a fisherman. I think most of us on this board are off the deep end. Flap is just a bit further into the deep end of the pool. Really cool collection!

How Tha Hell do ya get all 6'6" of ya under 'em, ta get to the lathe????
:huh:


I'm a whole foot shorter than you, and I'm d#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&' looking at the picture!
:hihi:

I think ya got my addy, send the ones in your way---->my way. ;)

Deft manuevering my man!

How Tha Hell do ya get all 6'6" of ya under 'em, ta get to the lathe????
:huh:


I'm a whole foot shorter than you, and I'm d#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&' looking at the picture!
:hihi:


Exactly my first thoughts looking at the picture. Nice stash.

Your gonna need some more of those steel molly column supports. :hihi:

It ain't fair, i tell ya, it ain't fair. :doh:

Your gonna need some more of those steel molly column supports.
we call them lally columns,,, u jersey guys talk funny ... I been feeling guilty about never sending Flap a plug .. Thanks Flap ... I feel better now ..:bl:

plugs??????


Yep, so send me all your needlefish so you can have room to collect more. :D

we call them lally columns,,, u jersey guys talk funny ... I been feeling guilty about never sending Flap a plug .. Thanks Flap ... I feel better now ..:bl:


no, no no Eddy, you don't get off that easy!!!!!:crying: :rotf2:

Too many what Flap?:angel:

No you do not have too many. There is plenty of room left on the other floor joists. :wavey:
How's it going Steve?
you need more plugs

Jeeesss Steve, How you get any work done there??? Check ur PMs.
Ross

plugs??????

No - You just need to organize by type/maker/year and then post more pictures - with closeups!

we call them lally columns,,, u jersey guys talk funny ...

hmmm eddie, ya know the post man could change his mind. :hihi: :D

Sell your plugs and buy a house on one of the Islands.

i think you need some professional help
and i'm going to refer you to a great analyst
.......the nice thing about him is that
you can pay the hourly fee in plugs
his name is.... Doctor Raven
seek a free consultation :soon:

And people thought bassmaster had a stash!!!!!!! WOW..:cheers: :cheers:

Just get a bigger basement Flap

i think you need some professional help
and i'm going to refer you to a great analyst
.......the nice thing about him is that
you can pay the hourly fee in plugs
his name is.... Doctor Raven
seek a free consultation :soon:

You know Doctor Raven, I have had this problem since I was a little kid. I think it may be a phobia. Maybe it's called Noplugaphobia. That is not having enough of certain ones if they stop making them. What do you think. I need help. I buy them, many of them because I don't want to run out. After all a good plug is hard to find and once found you don't want to run out. Example: I have 37 3-1/2 oz. Gibbs Polaris plugs. I was once a canal rat from hell and well........ugh. Help me!

that when you were a little tyke you wanted to play with a plug
and it was quickly snatched away from you so you wouldnt hurt yourself and you have never fully recovered from that trauma.

one method is to create a lifesize plug pillow to curl up with on the couch to use as a security blanket and allay that fear of loss that your trying to compensate for.... there are others on this board that needem too. BM is a fine example as is Salty Bugger...

it's either that or we'd have to try regression hypnotherapy!! ....another method is to wear a trench coat lined with plugs and flash them at hooters girls
for that surprised reaction followed by a smile.that always helps!

and if that doesn't work we may have to make up a batch of
plug pastries so you can eat them until your ready to barf
and thus cure your insatiable appetite once and for all ,effectively
purging your system of the inescapable need to gather more and more and more.... its similar to the guy who fills up his house with stacks and stacks of newspapers until finally there's no where to sit anymore because he can't stand to GIVE even one away.

then theres the plug wallpaper method. We will have to explore this real deep seated phobia and learn where it originated from in order to correct it... call my secretary and make an appointment.

i am usually booked solid but from what i've seen you have an extreme case of plugosis
that needs to be addressed before you end up in the plug ward at the funny farm. :hihi: Act quickly before you go over the saltwater edge. :bo:

"I spy with my little eye", a fishing lure!
Nice Steve


VB

I gotta show the wife this pic ..:eek: She'll think I'm ok ..
That was my first thought exactly! :jump1:

You could use some pink danny's.

It's obscene really :doh: :hihi:

-spence

You could use some pink danny's.

It's obscene really :doh: :hihi:

-spence

How many Pink Danny's do you want? Actually it's not obscene, it's a collection of Striped Bass fishing history. When I croak I told my wife to shut that corner of the cellar up for 25 years or so and forget it's there. Then open it up to plug collectors, she will get rich and they will think they found the plug nutz version of King Tut's tomb.

Then open it up to plug collectors, she will get rich and they will think they found the plug nutz version of King Tut's tomb.
Wern't the tombs looted before they were formally "discovered" :devil: :)

BTW, I meant obscene in a jealous sort of way ;)

-spence

Not 'Ol Tutankhamen's! He slipped by. And I know what you meant no problem there! I have been collecting the things since I was 8, that's forty two years ago. ( I was a troubled child):wavey:

Flap...can I come over and play?:hihi:

Love to have you stop in some time Larry, I know you would appreciate what's there.:bl:

Deft manuevering my man!
I hate when he comes in hover range og my thosand of plugs

You got a problem man. You are going to have to install some more lolly columns before it caves in.. Hope you have a good sprinkler system. P.

I hate when he comes in hover range og my thosand of plugs

You know my real intention in posting was to draw you out you beach lizard you!

Of course I am flattered when I come to your cave and see your pluggage. Flattery is a real compliment. I remember when you had all your plugs in a big plastic box. After you saw mine hanging that's when you started to hang yours. Course yours mostly never see the water!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!:bl: :bo: :hf1: :spin: :usd: :wave:

Nice collection, but Steve Campo's was truly amazing. I guessed about 10,000 plugs and all good stuff.

10,000? Wow! Double wow! I just broke a grand, 10k, that's a mighty big addiction. He's my hero now!:D

someone say steve campo?

:shocked:

Tu tiene mucho plugo!!!!

wow!!! i've been away for a day or so and this thread shows up.
Flap you have a truely magnificent obsession. if i counted all the lures i owned they wouldn't amount to half of yours and i've been buying lures everywhere i've gone for the last 20 years. you never know what a fish might never have seen before and think would be good to eat. congrats!!:drool:

Flaptail, you still have room for more ;) I could still make out a little bit of peg board behind one of those pictures. Looks like a lot of memories in those pictures enjoy my friend.

Armand

Here is a little group I did: and sadly they were for an order :(

Fortunately for some, I wsh I had more money at the time, he sold most of it off and bought a house and property in Canada.
Original Danny, Musso, Creek Chub, Gibbs and on and on. Rare pieces , custom colors and weights. I almost fainted when I saw it all.

I gotta show the wife this pic ..:eek: She'll think I'm ok ..


Tagger - I stole your idea :) Thanks!

Nice collection, but Steve Campo's was truly amazing. I guessed about 10,000 plugs and all good stuff.

Along with the wall of fifties!
Did you have to pay the fee at the plugseum???? :bl:

Thank You Flaptail as others have done I showed it to my wife and now she thinks I'm fairly normal at least.:hf1: :hf1:

Flap, I sent a screen grab of your cave to my wife who is in India. I hope that when she sees it she'll understand and come home:crying: :scatter:

no entrance fee for me, I got low friends in high places. The collection in the shadow boxes was pretty cool too. He went top shelf all the way around, his vehicle, equipment, plugs and his drive. Its a shame he gave it up. I hope he writes a book.

Well if you got in free you must know "The shadow"

The wife saw your plugs and asked if we're ALL like that....well, yeah, I guess we are.

Just imagine Fred, there are a whole lot of cellars out there, undiscovered, just like mine or worse. Think of all the old timers who have "gone down the beach in the sky". I just got a line on one through a family friend that I have been asked to look at and "see what I could use". There is a God!!!!

Just imagine Fred, there are a whole lot of cellars out there, undiscovered, just like mine or worse. Think of all the old timers who have "gone down the beach in the sky". I just got a line on one through a family friend that I have been asked to look at and "see what I could use". There is a God!!!!
Wow! that could turn out REAL good. I've often wondered what was in all those old sheds and barns scattered about the Cape. About 5 years ago I just missed an old Harnell rod in perfect condition at a Church sale in Truro. :wall: 20 bucks! I coulda cried. Good luck! and happy hunting!!

I picked up a few harnell's in a pile in front of a house..sign said free...

I also know a guy who HAD hundereds of plug's till one day his wife got pissed, put them all in his duck boat along with everthing else fishing and burned the whole thing up in their driveway,,then there was this other guy who went to work one day,,and while he was away she had a big yardsale,,you guessed it,,all his fishing stuff....so keep your dearest close at all time's and woo the **** outta her.

I picked up a few harnell's in a pile in front of a house..sign said free...

I also know a guy who HAD hundereds of plug's till one day his wife got pissed, put them all in his duck boat along with everthing else fishing and burned the whole thing up in their driveway,,then there was this other guy who went to work one day,,and while he was away she had a big yardsale,,you guessed it,,all his fishing stuff....so keep your dearest close at all time's and woo the **** outta her.
That's scary.
I remember when I first moved to VT, 35 years ago. Waiting on the side of the road for someone when a truck cuts a car off, the car stops, the guy jumps out of the truck and yells at the woman "I don't care if you leave, but you ain't takin my deer rifle":eyes:

:eek: :eek: How much time are they servin'?

Flap - with that stash I would get the shakes just waiting for the fish to come back. :rotf3: :rotf3:

I picked up a few harnell's in a pile in front of a house..sign said free...

I also know a guy who HAD hundereds of plug's till one day his wife got pissed, put them all in his duck boat along with everthing else fishing and burned the whole thing up in their driveway,,then there was this other guy who went to work one day,,and while he was away she had a big yardsale,,you guessed it,,all his fishing stuff....so keep your dearest close at all time's and woo the **** outta her.

Steve, in a case like that, it should be legal to use lethal means of revenge. I would have snapped, no doubt about it.:whackin:

I feel so inadequate right now.:conf:

Bump

Love to have you stop in some time Larry, I know you would appreciate what's there.:bl:

Never got there.....if we only had some more time! It would have been great!:(

Never got there.....if we only had some more time! It would have been great!:(

Flap invited me over too .. I was too busy at the time .. doing what I don't know . I wish I could go back and do over.,,but I can't ..

I have no doubt it would have been "Plug Nirvana"!:uhuh:

Flap had loads of plugs, but it was his knowledge about them, the stories behind them, and his enthusiasm for them that made it all special....really special.

Flap had loads of plugs, but it was his knowledge about them, the stories behind them, and his enthusiasm for them that made it all special....really special.

yea ... he let you fondle the 1 st Gibbs plug ... everybody fondled that plug .. most would keep it behind glass if a safe and tell you they had it .. Flap put it in your hand and tell old Gibbs storys..

Flap had loads of plugs, but it was his knowledge about them, the stories behind them, and his enthusiasm for them that made it all special....really special.

seeing those plugs and that thread made me think of this past february.
i know you guys were really close to him and i really didn't know him. but if you allow me, you could appreciate this. i attended my first plugfest last year (with the idea maybe i would take up the hobby)and wandered over to a wall and table near the corner of the room where a tall, friendly guy had a LOT of plugs on display. i didn't want to bother him with questions and stuff, but i didn't have to. without a prompt he started showing me eye popping stuff, the first Gibbs, the story on how he got it, where it would end up. a lot of his creations and others. he talked, i listened. the guy was straight up, a solid guy. that day i left knowing whatever i would ever make would never look like anything i saw that day, but the spark was there.

good stuff Jeff.

based on the date on the photo 1/06 there are a few more added to the collection over the last 3 years :drool:

Flaptail It's nice to see that I'm not alone LOL. If i could figure a way to get a pic up I.d post a couple that you'd love. Very nice keep goin with the addiction i sure am. Ron