Fred's going to town

I have to get back in gear.... just sealed another seven. A dozen more ready for drilling. Turn some more tomorrow and have some backlog in different stages. Lord knows I don't have a backlog of work.....:smash:

I picked up the pace a little this week.. I got paint on my pikies, goo-goo's and surfsters...The goo-goo's have been clear coated and are ready for epoxy... the rest of the "gang" get cleared tonight before i epoxy the goo-goo's

First two rows( closest to the camera) are from this season, mostly stuff that was hanging around waiting for some type of finishing.. there's everythijg from darters to norris squid to predators, Danny's etc... all odds and ends..almost ready to turn again...

looks great Joe

I was hoping to have some stuff sealed by now but been flat on my back all week, can't stand up, I guess I wrenched my back pretty bad, have not had this much pain in years. bad timing for this :wall: have not had much work last 2 months just lots of estimates and now work is getting lined up- feast or famine
gotta get better

I do have some needles and spooks all drilled, have pikies, pencils turned also

Well that aint good... backs are a fickle lady... tough when you work for yourself... hope you are feeling better soon.

got bored and wanted to paint something, so I gave my gaff a coat of copper....lol

here's a popper that Ross gave me that decided it wanted to be copper too! Screwed up the tail loop, so I just etex'd over it!

here's an old atom bomb that I found that was plastic, had tons of gouges and chunks taken out of it, so I scraped it, did a lttle carving of of the seam lines and put some wood filler over it....something to get me by...lol

Wow fellas you guys have been busy!
Man I am way behind the ball....a lot of great stuff being built and posted on this forum!!
Well I finally found a little time to get a few things finished, and at the same time get rolling on some new stuff ( little girl is teething and that doesn't leave a lot of time for building or sleep) Here are some of the crank baits I've been working on and finally finished. First attempt at foiling..didn't turn out as well as planned, but with me everything has it learning curve. Hard to capture in these pics (cell phone) but some of the color shifts in the sun are very cool. I will be making some more in the future.

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I also cut a bunch of flaptail and swimmer blanks along with my large Musky spooks (a pic of a finished one for reference). The flaptalis and swimmer blanks are 6 inches and between 2.5 (flaptails) and 3 oz (swimmers). The Musky spooks are 8.5 inches and about 4.5 oz, I really love the action of these guys and really hope to slay some waterwolfs with them this season.

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I hope building is going well and also that spring is right around the corner

Best

MS

as always, I'm in awe of all you guys!!!

This is why i dont post my stuff... :agree:
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All beauties. What species of wood are you using for your spooks.?
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Always amazed to look at the quality of everyone's work. I have my second batch of plugs freshly painted. From left to right five 6" Musso Pine Swimmers, two 7" A-40s, three Eddy Needles, and four 6" Musso surface swimmers.

In the works are 3 Sandeel Swimmers and 2 more 4.875" Musso swimmers. Love that the days are getting longer, it is only a short time until we can get these things to work!

Got some nice ones there


Primed 67 plugs today. That's it . Next up paint and hopefully get some epoxied before the festival.
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Thanks fellas
Been using bunch if pine I got from a buddy, weighting is almost exactly as when I use cedar, but free-fifty-free is a good price :)
Great thread and people have been busy.
Cool, cool
MS
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My first attempts at darters, thanks to everyone that offered advice.

Look good. I am curious on what kind of action you get with that line tie down there. I have found the ones I have swam made like that to be more of a swimmer than a darter.
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here's some paint and 5 min epoxy on that old atom. Should get another season or so out of it now...lol

Gave it a swim today in some current, for winging it on this one I was somewhat happy. It did not roll over, dug in good and swims about 2-3 ft. some darting action but also a little too much wiggle. I did not weight it before test but I think it needs weight aft of the balance point. Added 1/2 oz. and will try again tomorrow. That's 5.5 oz. with the weight added.

those peanut things are awesome!!! I want one!!

Tajon, BEAUTIFUL.
see ya at plug fest.
GOOD LUCK GOOD BUILDIN

Heres what Im working on TODAY:rotf2:
SEE YA at PLUG FEST, my swap plugs are ready an wainting.
GOOD LUCK GOOD BUILDIN:uhuh:

Thank you, Joe! Finally finished the darter jig and got it to work for me....

nice job Ross!!

Finally built a spray booth and started finishing something. Got a lot to do in the next 10 days :smash:

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Been using the lathe but not really making plugs right now
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that's looking pretty sporty.... I use mine for everything that requires and angle....I'll have it at Plugfest along with a bunch of other jigs and fixtures..

I finished a bunch of stuff this weekend...and spent both days ironing out the details on something for plugfest specfic...

I love the smell of that stuff!

I agree the whole shop smells like Christmas. This came from a tree I took down at my in laws down the cape. 40th anniversary coming up I am making them a bunch of stuff out of the logs. Got the final piece on the face plate now going to leave them on the counter at the cape house.
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Bummed not getting to do any plugs this winter. Bought a house and it's keeping me far to busy. Hopefully for next winter I'll have my new shop all set up and get to it again. Some, seriously nice work being done on here.

George is the an explosion proof blower? If it is , that's something i could use doing my bat finishing.

Dan good luck with the new house. Place looks great.

Wow, nice work from many builders. Plugs and non-plugs alike!

I finally took a couple pics of what I have been up to lately. Some more of the slider/jerkbait type of plugs I like to make and fish in different sizes as well as some needles and some new swimmers I have been working on. There is a bunch of other stuff I did not get pics of yet.

A couple mahogany needles in mackerel and purple scale and a slow sinking slider. All right around 6" (pic is a bit distorted)


3 of my new swimmers. They are 5.5" and swim just subsurface to around 4 feet depending on retrieve speed. 2 macks still need epoxy.


A box of assorted stuff. HEAVY maple macks, herring and yellow sliders, blurple jointed etc.

And more...

2 heavy, fast sink maple mackerel sliders built for friends for the canal.


Assorted small stuff from 3.5 to around 7". All slow sinking.


And 1 pic of some of the collaboration work I have been doing with GooGoo Man. My mack paint on some of his fantastic slim pikies and super jr's. I also did some redfin style swimmers and nikes for him which I can't wait to see epoxy on.

J Mac beautiful stuff. Those sliders Offset turned?

Thanks. No, they are handcarved like most everything else I do, even the needles. I do not own a lathe. The only turned plugs I have been working on are the swimmers that Glen (GooGoo Man) has turned for me using my template/prototype.

Looks to be a jenn-air drown draft fan...made for grease.smoke etc...been using one for years....spray anything you want...I have an I'm still alive an well.....but it's made to have an 8" intake..5" out going....have one over my lead pot as well...what fumes.

Second to last batch for the winter just got lips 5 Musso 6" pines, 4 6" musso SS, 3 Eddy Needles, 2 A40s and a partridge and a pear tree

and the A40s