Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

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Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating (http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/index.php)

- Plug Building - Got Wood? (http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/forumdisplay.php?f=19)

- - who's Dmag (http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=85392)

ProfessorM

03-20-2014 04:05 PM

I hope I did not come across as someone who was putting down this gentleman. I was just stating the prices are crazy. No reflection on the builder was intended. I have seen pics of his work and they look very nice. I was talking more about the crazy people spending that kind of cash on a fishing plug. Just seems nuts to me. I wish I had some to sell.
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Swimmer

03-20-2014 04:20 PM

Put some hooks on a bitcoin........
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johnny ducketts

03-20-2014 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish (Post 1036027)

Hunk of wood with hooks....they all catch!
:uhuh:

As is evidence of anything I turn out. Hunk of wood is putting it nicely.
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iamskippy

03-20-2014 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by numbskull (Post 1035962)

He makes pencils for the CANAL?

Not sure what a rattle adds to a pencil (fish don't tend to track pencils trying to decide, they rush them with their minds made up), but if you see a guy swimming in the canal this year it seems a good bet he is from NJ and just snapped off his DMag.

I fished up a NJ style pencil last year but it was not a Dmag, had a sticker looked like it said surf something or other on it. 😀 didnt see a fishermen on it either, i thought plugs catch fishermen before they catch fish 😀
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spence

03-20-2014 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by wader-dad (Post 1036040)

Well lets not go too far the other way. A Bob Pond 40 with the early glass eyes for example is not a hunk of wood with hooks- it is something more because of the historical significance.

This is what will give some plugs lasting value. Otherwise they're pretty much all commodity items. Some noteworthy builders will perhaps get a premium...but the rest is all market hype.

-spence

wader-dad

03-20-2014 09:32 PM

I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.

Nebe	03-20-2014 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wader-dad (Post 1036090)

I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.

That is 100% correct!
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spence

03-20-2014 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wader-dad (Post 1036090)

I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.

Very few are in existence. If people knew the lengths I went through to produce those they'd be astonished.

Is it one of the little needles?
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wader-dad

03-21-2014 05:29 AM

i think my spence is a metal lip - i will check

Nebe	03-21-2014 06:25 AM

It's a Danny. Dark green back, ivory belly with beige sides.
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iamskippy

03-21-2014 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wader-dad (Post 1036090)

I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.

Does it only swim left?

spence

03-21-2014 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Nebe (Post 1036106)

It's a Danny. Dark green back, ivory belly with beige sides.
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Oh yea, those were made from some Salty blanks. Had a bunch of hand painting if I remember…

-spence

rphud

03-21-2014 08:30 AM

Seen the $$ for one of Don's Darters lately?

Surf Caster

03-21-2014 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rphud (Post 1036129)

Seen the $$ for one of Don's Darters lately?

They look like very nice plugs (I don't have one) and if they are anything like the rest of his plugs I'm sure they swim great, etc. But I'm curious why the ridiculous demand right now. Was there a slew of big fish caught on them last year? Did he say he's not going to make anymore?

I'm not asking to question the quality of the plug, just curious what caused the current frenzy.

Nebe	03-21-2014 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by iamskippy (Post 1036120)

Does it only swim left?

OMG.. :rotfl::rotf2::jump1:

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