here are 3 new plugs I have not made before..
Red head clone of Pitchney 8" Troller... "ratio math" on dims from Bassdozer images (Red cedar)

White/Silver scaled 7.5" Conrad in Birch... This bad boy will swim DEEP

Parrot Deep Diver Slopehead that is similar to Tatoos Deep Swimmer
made with AYC

The Troller has the repro "old school eyes" I bought from Saltys

I am looking foward to getting some of the decals that Mike from M&D's is bringing to PlugFest this year.

Very nice Chris.

The deep diver is intended for some kayak trolling around Cuttyhunk this June... it has a 1/2 diameter Salty belly disc wt and a 3/8 diameter barrel as well... remember on the old Sub TV show when they said DIVE, DIVE

BT, I also did some Pichney senior slopeheads out of birch. 7.25". modified A-40 lip. Bent on a 90degree w/eye bent up this sucker dives out of site. My proto dove to the bottom snag something and I broke it off. glad I wrote down the specs!LOL. I did a few with white pine. Looking at 14-18grams in belly. One belly weight in the birch 8 grams. The birch weight with the 8 dives DEEP. I tried more weight but I didn't want a sinker. swam nice. Maybe a troller for boat fishing.

nice looking stuff Chris.. most of my stuff is done by "ratio math".. it's not a bad way yo go!..... i feel my way along and do trial and error...I build for funtionality.. so being exact doesnt matter to me.. as long as it works..and fills the niche.

I use birch on my Conrads and slope heads.. you right.. they swim deep.. you have to watch the weighting or you get sinkers after you epoxy.. dont ask me how I know this:biglaugh:

here is my take on the Pichney sand eel swimmer... 7" long 1 1/16 thick at the max diameter, Lefty 1 lip, ctr balance 11gram belly wt, lip slot @ CL or 1/16 above, no tail wt

here is my take on the Pichney sand eel swimmer... 7" long 1 1/16 thick at the max diameter, Lefty 1 lip, ctr balance 11gram belly wt, lip slot @ CL or 1/16 above, no tail wt

I made a bunch of those last year both straight and jointed.... they were such a great plug i made a bunch more this year.....

a few more just clearcoated last night that are headed to plugfest on Sat morning

a few more just clearcoated last night that are headed to plugfest on Sat morning

Nice that darter has super strike written all over it...