A bottle and a scoopnose darter

Nice "stuff".;)

A bumpy danny darter, a slope head, and a purple banana

George :love:

All very nice....

Love that Purple banana and bottle plug, great job:boots:

Great looking "stuff". Love that banana plug.

You make some very original looking plugs George,, Is that scoop nose darter yours ? If it is your in the wrong buisness ..:laugha: I gotta try one of those ... someday a banana ..wicked critical weighting on that one .

Beautiful. :hihi: That bottle looks like poured Lucite. :kewl:

"Stuff" he calls it....sigh....

You make some very original looking plugs George,, Is that scoop nose darter yours ? .

Nah. It's a copy of a smaller anonymous cedar one from when I was a kid, though I weighted this one. I'll let you know how it swims and post a picture of the original tomorrow. Flaptail, however, has made something similar (but with a neck), which I think he came up with on his own.

Nice Stuff!!!!!!!:btu: :btu: :btu:

George - just beauiful work. especially the bannana:biglaugh:

G, THAT IS REALLY NICE! FISH THIS WEEKEND MAYBE?:kewl:

George, where do you find the time ? Great l@@king stuff
VB

Nice plugs,
Can I have the bottle.
I'll trade ya a NIB swimmer.

Nice plugs,
Can I have the bottle.
I'll trade ya a NIB swimmer.
I knew I'd find ya:love:

Thats some Sweet Stuff....Like that Slope-head

So here is the original scoop nose. I don't know the manufacturer. I think I bought it in the early 70's. It's a small through wired plug, 4.25", .75+ wide, and 3/4oz with hooks. Floats like a darter, tail a bit down and water level with the linetie. No weight other than the hooks that I can see. Has a kind of swooping, darting action. Doesn't roll out, but does tend to get on a track off to one side or the other. Does better with a high rod tip and some rod action to breakup its swoops. The one I built is loaded with lead in the tail and belly. Floats about the same, but maybe a tad deeper. Swims similarly. I'll be interested to see it in current, but I'm suspicious the original maker was trying for a plug that would work like a darter in slack water. Certainly something different, how useful remains to be seen.

Brilliant stuff. I like that slope headed stuff. Don't give it away till I can see it in person.:wave: P.

So here is the original scoop nose. I don't know the manufacturer.

Just FYI, Adam R from SOL tells me the white plug is a "Superlure" , put out by a company in NY in the 70's.

George, with time off why aren't you out fishing? There is always a lee shore on Cape and it's always wet where the fish are so rain is no big deal. Get out there man and fish!:laugha:

NS,
Missed it here. One of the guys that used to make Masterlure plugs made the Superlures in the 60's & 70's after Masterlure went under - I'm drawing a blank on his name. He made a variety of swimmers, poppers, a reverse atom type (Jr. sized) and those darters. The company was located in West Berne NY.
Cool design! Upsizing it was a great idea.

Nice plugs,
Can I have the bottle.
I'll trade ya a NIB swimmer.
wish you were that easy for me .. cheap floozy

So what does a NIB swimmer look like?

I see the scoop serving the same purpose as the beak,,, initial dig ... I'd be curious to know if you have to give the plug a tug to get it going... I bet it starts all by itself .

So what does a NIB swimmer look like?


No one knows not even the bear

So what does a NIB swimmer look like?

http://www.bmwoodworking.com/brucefishing/nibeelpunt.JPG

the top swimmer is a NIB


George, those plugs are FINE!!!!!!!!!:btu:

Thanks Slip, what a beauty.:tooth:

nice job, they look great

Nibs :hihi:

double post

sweet:hihi:

I have two NIBs

arm and a leg in sO l auctions....one olive danny one gold darter....they went swimming once then a rinse and back on the wall.



Nice plugs :smokin: