slow in here and I finally finished up a small amount of the tons of stuff i have in various stages. Here are some of my first darters. I have always been a little hesitant on building darters but after doing it and making fixtures I have to say one of the most enjoyable plug I have ever made. Both are Musso designs. I still have 4 other Musso sizes unpainted yet, always next year. A special thanks has to go to JFigliuolo for supplying the eyes and bearing with me as we traded PM's about the eyes. It was a challenge to get them off the sheet of paper but the little tool I made worked out well. I think there is room for improvement but they look pretty darn good.

I got a few of the Musso swimmers done too. 2 Jr. and 1 Sr. surface swimmers. And of course I always have to finish up a few Goo Goo's, 2 small flat lip and 1 larger

A few old style, thin assed, Beachmaster dannies. I asked George for a good danny to replicate and he suqqested doing some of the old Beachmasters. I did have to make the lips. Last pic has a G2 slim and a Nike, both. Also finally finished the Peanut Conrad, which also required a lip made. The plug really swims good and look forward to making some eelskin versions in the future. That is it for this year. Too humid for any more epoxy right now so plug building is officially done till fall.

Awesome stuff Paul.

They all look great! Nice work.

You finished something????????!!!!!!
Seems like it has been too warm for Hell to freeze over, but I guess you never know.

woah! awesome

whats the size of the peanut conrad?

Looks like they were worth waiting for...well done.

Great job! I can't figure which one I like the most. They all look:drool:.

very nice stuff, Love those eyes

ProfessorM, BEAUTIFUL :drool: QUESTION on the EYES for the GOO-GOO, did you make them. IF SO, any way of getting a few. I got thoes BLANKS from SLIPKNOT, an would like some eyes for them, OR can you do a HOW-TO on them. OR where can I get some old- STYLE like thoes:smash:
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN:sleeps:

wow

Lo e the Nike.....

Nice stuff Paul.

"look pretty dam good" is an understatement, P. :D
Beautiful work as always. :btu:

Paul,
Great job! Love the Nike! Interesting how you did the eyes also.

Mike

Eyes I made out of polycarb. May be able to get you a couple saltydog. I'll have to look to see if I have any left, although I could whip you up a couple if need be. Send me a PM to remind me.

Mr. Nanook the Peanut conrad is 1.5 oz without hooks and 5 " long, almost an inch in diameter, how did I know you would be interested in that plug.

Those dahtahs are amaaaazzzzzing! Spectacular work as always Paul!!:uhuh:

Really nice work.

Nicely done Paul!

OMG..I'm in total shock....I see lots of grain...

Nice stuff Paul. You'll have to let us know how you do with the darters. So many variables on a not so bouyant wood. The density of each piece of wood and the amount of sealer it soaks up can change how each one sits/swims.

The ones I made 2 years ago work better than the ones I made this winter after I thought I knew what I was doing...

Wow,,, the conrad, slim and nike,,,

Nice stuff Paul. You'll have to let us know how you do with the darters. So many variables on a not so bouyant wood. The density of each piece of wood and the amount of sealer it soaks up can change how each one sits/swims.

The ones I made 2 years ago work better than the ones I made this winter after I thought I knew what I was doing...

LOL. Yes each one weighs a wee bit different. I heated and sealed them with epoxy for more strength in the lip area and I think, I say think, you can control the amount of sealer better than soaking them in a spar or other similar sealer for a specific time period, and hopefully get them to be a little closer in similarity as far as overall weight goes. We shall see. Thanks to all. Youz guys are great

OMG..I'm in total shock....I see lots of grain...

LOL. I used lots of pine this time, except for the daters. Take off your glasses Mr. Magoo and they will look fine.

They all look nice paul, I bet they catch fish just fine.

and I don;t see any grain at all under the paint, only thing I see on one plug is a little tearout that didn't get sanded, but not grain.

how's the haba

Hey mr. grainger...they got 60 tables an counting...:eek5:...all vintage so far:)

at it's finest...... Beautiful work Paul !
as the Robins begin to sing at 4:30 am

can't wait til i'm done with construction
and back to playing with plugs and wood

But....even though it's JUNE
in the back of my mind

i see snow flakes coming
so i keep on Pushin.

Paul, as always, some outstanding looking stuff.....I haven't had the balls to try dahtahs yet.

slip Haba is slow, yeah that soft pine does that and I am not filling in all that . . adds character.

TDF give it a shot, They were fun and congrats on your Cutty fish.

Raven go back to bed U need your beauty rest.

Steve, Mr. Jones told me via e mail he doesn't have one of those plugs i want to see:confused: should be a good time. Mr. O'Neil is going to be going too.

awesome stuffs ProfessorM :drool:

Yeh!all the biggin's will be there..I'll ask the president iffin he knows who may have one...he's bringing all my stuff he got off me to display too..crackers! guess i'l have ta ware my smiley face mask...bringin a free surprise fa VB too...best keep the cell on speed dial fa 911.

...bringin a free surprise fa VB too...

what a Norris Squid beer opener:uhuh:

:cool::think:

Paul, you better have a few with my name on them :rotf2:
Your getting older and I am a collector :grins:

Love those darters you make. Used a couple of yours the other day and love the way they swim. Gotta get some more. sweet stuff . Ron

Great stuff Paul:drool:

Real nice stuff!!!