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eastendlu
07-31-2006, 12:32 PM
Playing hookie from work and finally finished some up.

eastendlu
07-31-2006, 12:33 PM
some more pics

eastendlu
07-31-2006, 12:34 PM
Some more.

eastendlu
07-31-2006, 12:34 PM
and more.

The Dad Fisherman
07-31-2006, 12:56 PM
Those are seriously sweet

Karl F
07-31-2006, 01:38 PM
Lu, those look Fantastic.. :drool:
were U in "dartah hell" long, or did ya already have it down?

eastendlu
07-31-2006, 01:52 PM
I am lucky enough to have had all you fine plugbuilders post about darters to educate me.Ohhh and i'm still going thru darter hell as i had made some other ones but they swam like upside down logs.

Tagger
07-31-2006, 02:39 PM
You nailed the Larry Welcomes Lu .. perfect... Hows the darters swim ..I been making them loop on top . How they work with loop out front ,,never did that ..

eastendlu
07-31-2006, 02:59 PM
The loop in front does not make much of a diffrence as i was observing a woody's darter and tried it out.I think it is more important on the top angle and body and face geometrythat is more important on the action than the line tie.I copied an original frech darter and only changed the line tie and made it a single belly hook but the rest is all his.A true proven design by a master!!Its hard to try to improve on his design as i gave one to a friends father the other day and he took it that night and nailed a 28lbs. on his second cast.I also noticed on a woody's darter that the front is wider than the back and this makes the darter swim more than dart.So its all in the geometry as i wish i had payed more attention in math class.

Drew9745
07-31-2006, 04:43 PM
Love the bottle dahtahs. How's the action?

numbskull
07-31-2006, 04:47 PM
Oh my. Now I feel fat and lazy. Some kinda beautiful stuff to turn out during the season, Lu, really beautiful. Just the thought of those big darters working their way slow through a big rip on a black fall night when.......................BANG. Beautiful.

Backbeach Jake
07-31-2006, 05:01 PM
Geeze NS I AM fat and lazy! Gotta get to spinning and boring again soon... Lu those're pissa! I feel a trade coming on,:)

eastendlu
07-31-2006, 05:21 PM
I'll be bringing a few to the bash.

justplugit
07-31-2006, 05:29 PM
Man Lu, that is some serious pluggage. :hihi: :kewl:

Skitterpop
08-01-2006, 06:51 AM
Very very nice :kewl:

surfer4life52
08-01-2006, 07:20 AM
very very very nice:drool:

NIB
08-01-2006, 08:05 AM
I'll take the bottom skoolbus. thank U in advance.
Very Nice pluggage.Montaukian style.

Slipknot
08-01-2006, 09:36 AM
Good stuff Lu

In The Surf
08-01-2006, 04:05 PM
:drool:

afterhours
08-06-2006, 09:33 AM
the yellow/ red bottle swimmer now resides in mikey's plug bag- thanks lou!