Good morning... almost afternoon Gents... I've got something special here this morning...( atleast I think it is)

yesterday.. as i dropped off my Ice fishing partner.. he invited me to see his basement he was remodeling... hidden on top of the rafters was a stash of plugs.... there were some Atoms ( 40's) and gibbs bottle plugs and trollers... but what caught my eye was this fella ( which he gave me...) it looks like a Nike.. but the external rigging throws me.. I dont know enough about the history to know for sure.. but here it is... it weighs 3.20 ounces... it is 6 1/2" long the head is 1 1/2"... the middle is 1 5/8".. the tail is 3/4.... the head of the plug is gaurded with a heavy metal plate held on by two screws, it terminates at the same level as the rigging.. it appears to be plated or possibly stainless.. regardless.. it is quality and very heavy.. the head above the plate is slightly cupped... the eyes are an intergal part of the plug, with wood removved around them to make them stand out, I originaly thought they were glass.. but on close inspection... they are definatly part of the plug... on the rigging it has a "U" shaped section that sits in a recees inthe tail.... the rigging is secured tow the body on either side of the hook and protrudes out through a hole drilled into the mouth a wher it is terminated with a split ring..anybody got a positive ID....

Have not had a whole lot of time for building lately. Did get some stuff painted and finished and have a few things in various stages. Looking forward to plugfest.


Wanted a smaller flaptail to throw especially when mullet are around.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...ts/pb11023.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0016.jpg

Some big 8" swimmers.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0019.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0021.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/dec24002.jpg

Some handcarved stuff.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...aits/_0202.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...aits/_0210.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0029.jpg


Saw what fun Muskyslayer was having with the big jitterbugs so I tried one myself.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0001.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0008.jpg

Hopefully will get a couple more of these small Goo Goo Eyes done before I head up and maybe some big handcarveds.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0028.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0012.jpg

Happy 2012!
Hey guy's, sounds like everyone is getting ready, and getting shop's sorted out, I'm in the same boat. I've started a little later this year due to a little side project. A co-worker had a butchered 1955 Les Paul Jr that needed some love. A previous owner had cut the center portion out and replaced it with Luan plywood to hide previous hacking. I cut that out, replaced it with Mahogany, epoxied it in place, added binding, filled, painted with 1955 Lincoln turquoise and clear coated the entire piece. I'd never have touched it with normal wear, but she was done.
Woody, I do know a few things about gliders, and you are right, is is all about shape, width and balance. A couple things I've found that work are, a longer shape balances much better with weight added both to the front and rear of the bait. Do that balancing act with a level fall and a sink rate of around 1 foot per second and you've got a winner. With a shorter, taller profile I've found that a centered ballast with the same sink rate works very well. With both shapes however, wider is better like 7/8 to 1" for a 6 to 10" profile. Maple is my choice of wood for gliders, it seems to work out best without a ton of weight needed to dance. Remember that when you do your sink rate test to have hooks on and guesstimate topcoat weight. You can change hook size after completion to fine tune. Line tie attachment will also come into play, generally keep it centered. Here are a couple examples from last year.

Douglas

That's quite the find Rockfish9!
I over slept this am. :wall:

I feel like it is....I wss up at 2 AM the day before... and went to bed late... I was in no hurry to get out of bed this morning...

WoW, you never cease to amaze. Very nice:drool:

Greek: huge fan of your work. Awesome plugs.
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it's was made by P & K an called a lippy saltwater...mid 40's was about it's birth date...same family as the walkie- talkie.

I'm pretty sure I have seen some of them P & K's at VB's house.

Beauties you guys got there Greek n Rowhunter

Yup that's what they are. Got a few of them. Duplicatin that metal center strip is gonna be quite the chore.

I work in a machine shop...:uhuh:

thanks Gents for the ID...

you poor man
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yea.. I have to put up with a bunch of candy *** machinists that are cold if it is 70.... hot if it is 71... cry like little girls if they dont have their way.... and complain about everything in between ...most of them should have retired years ago... they still have the first dime they ever made...and most of them own more property than the Catholic church...

Looks like everyone is of to a good start! Ted your stuff looks great!! With what I am seeing I guess I'll have to step it up a bunch.
Paul, please send me some pic's of the fly vice to show to Bobby Pop.

I'll be in the garage building almost every day this week ,if anyone wants to stop by Just shoot me a PM here or CL

And I'll bet they are damn good machinists.

:hidin:

I built a simple plug rack to hang my vintage beater examples that I use in my shop. Just something to hang them neatly on the wall in my shop!:)

I have a wire over my desk in the "shop" where I hang my "for example plugs". Some classics , some retired with honor. Hall of Fame on a string..

Couple new big darters .... one cherry and one birch

Nice darters Chris.
I didn't get much done this week, going to repaint a bunch of eelys and some other stuff I have in primer this morning. Glad to see this thread is back

Shop cleaned up so now I can see the bench :) Dupe all set up and working well. Was given a Clemens lathe, all set up but needs new motor. Going to go with this new chubby body for Pikie this spring.

Sarge... it that a metal or wood lathe that you just picked up?

Chris, that is a Clemens rod lathe.

Rod lathe!
Sold the same one about 6 years ago and kicked myself in the ass for getting rid of it. Nice to have one again.

Nice... so I can have you build me a 11' rod to go with the new ZB reel I will get this spring ... will need it for the June Cutty trip

I just started doing hydro orientation... i was surprised what I saw with the first 5-6 plugs i have used it for... definitely will continue doing it... darters... metal lips

Century 1327, cut 4" from butt, w/ my KW-LC-to single foot layout :)

Darters, unweighted plugs, yeah...but I'm with Larry on the rest http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...tml#post920084

Do you write on the retired with honor plugs... hard to remember the stories behind each great plug and what they caught...