Chunkah gave me a couple of his pleasantly plump pine dannies in trade for some pine stock that used to be my kids tree fort. His design (red eyed white one) is one sexy plug... weighs a tad over 4 oz with 2 cut 3/0s and a flag.

I took his design and made a few more 1 from white cedar (white) and one from red cedar (parrot). Looking forward to trying them come spring.

a few more pics...

Very nice Chris!
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look great

I like the white one.
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the white is awesome

those look fantastic.

I like the white one.
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I agree the shape of the white one (Chunkah's design) is way cool... a full 1.75inch wide in the ctr... it is a sweet chunky plug

And we all know the chunky ones try harder...:rotf2:

I like the "hips" on the white one... my experience is that the ones with big hips perform better...:fishin:

They all look great Chris!

(They're ayc by the way)

I'm gonna sound like a snob here, but I wouldn't call those dannys.
That doesn't mean they won't fish well (as RM has shown with his version), but they have more in common with a surfster than a danny. Those plugs will use a fat light body to stay on top, and a high slot lip to get the head down and working. The tail will lift and the resultant action will be a pretty fast wag.

A danny uses a heavier deeper sitting body and a low slot lip to lift the face and keep it working along top. My experience is that the deeper sitting body will start working at a slower retrieve and with a slower wag. Fish will hit both styles and sometimes the faster wag works better, particularly when conditions are calm, clear, and the fish need something to agitate them, or when using the plug in current, but by night or when there are big fish around I want something that works at slow speed and with a big slow wag.

This thread (although starting off about a little musso adaptation that worked), gets into some stuff about slow working dannys.
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/how-favorite-plug-forum-guides/55067-something-constructive.html

Again, I'm not saying one style is better than another, but I think it is helpful for people to understand that the shape of the body alone does not determine the style (or use) of the plug.

here is another 'fattie" of the same design with some scaled paint using the red mesh on the tangerine boxes ...

Well Numbskull, I modeled the plug after Danny Pichney's Surface Swimmer Sr. as described in Bassdozer's Surf Plugology. I've never fished another Danny (or whatever you want to call it), but I call it a Danny as it is modeled after that design description. Having never seen a Pichney Surface Swimmer Sr ., I did my best to get the described action, but also wanted to try to make the plug my own to a degree, hence the large body. Are today's Dannys not modeled on his original design?

Also, is there somewhere I can find another description of what a Danny is supposed to do? And also, maybe the specifics that would designate a Danny a Danny, a Surfster a Surfster, a Cowboy a Cowboy, or a Pikie a Pikie etc? Is there really a "universal" agreement or standard for all the plug designs out there? If there is, I'd love a copy and would appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.

here is another 'fattie" of the same design with some scaled paint using the red mesh on the tangerine boxes ...

Like the faded paint, lookin good Chris!!!!