New sealer I’m trying, thin as water.

I had good results with water based polyurethane, dried quick and hard, rattlecans adhered well
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I have been using a rattle can triple clear for my top coat. Gave up on epoxy as I don't keep the plugs long enough to justify the work involved.

I see a wide lip on the slim. As Artie Johnson used to say "very interesting"

Produces a bit more "wiggle".

maybe more than just a bit, depending on the retrieve speed

Started cleaning the shop this weekend got some blanks set did some thru drilling and spun a couple maple blanks for darters. Also started to refurb a couple
Old Gibbs pencils for fishbones. Been so busy hard to get in the shop but winters gonna fly so nows the time. I’ll work on posting some pics next Sunday go Pats!!
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I hate that D and R or whatever the new name is won’t let you walk through the yard anymore to pick out lumber does anyone have any other suggestions in eastern MA?? My best bud from childhood has a sawmill and solar kiln in the Berkshires where I get the majority of my wood but would like something closer when I’m
In a pinch
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I have a few guys waiting on me for needles. Been so busy with firewood, clearing snow and rebuilding the loader frame on the tractor that I haven't gotten into the shop yet. Promised the bride I'd clean up my 2/3 of the basement so I'll spin this week.

Ross, I haven't forgotten.:hihi:

when I clean the basement my 2/3 becomes 9/10. I'm just saying

:huh::huh:

No worries my friend.

I found some more mahogany baluster cut offs... Been SLOWLY cleaning my shop as well. In order to get a foothold, I had to put most of my plugbuilding tools, turned blanks, and finishing supplies into containers. Only the lathe left on the bench. For now. It is slow, painfully slow.

This weather is just killing my plug building. I spend a ridiculous amount of time working on Firewood. Saws, clean, sharpen, tractor maintenance. Hauling wood for 2 stoves. The upside is we've only burned 130 gallons of oil since November. That includes hot water. 5 cords of oak so far.

Atom Juniors, Spooks, and a few other things.

Tommy nice selection of plugs. You liking that dupe I see!
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LOVE, also having fun stealing whatever wood I can find in the house. My next victim, a crochet set.

I did the same in beginning. Drive by peoples houses scrounging thru bulk trash for pine and maple. Remodeled my kitchen and used the pine dividing spindles for my first pencil popper.
Old wood was much better than some wood today.
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Poplar Needlefish, I heard poplar doesn’t seal very well?

Not the best wood to use in water. Nonetheless I made a novelty 15" needle recently with a piece. Sealed w/ 60/40 spar and turps. Took.it out for testing. So fat no cracks. Oh and it swam perfect for my liken.
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Awesome Billy! That’s something I need to fish more this year, big needles. I see how productive they are for larger fish, but always get hung up on trying to get used to fishing them.

Tommy, you know I love needles but all my biggest fish, on lures, have come on Dannys. 3 to 4oz and White with a red chin. For what it's worth, my biggest fish have al been on rigged eels.

My rendition of a J.Habs Egg (Unpainted plug). Cherry

Interesting Paul, I always thought there was something to slimmer bodied plugs that culled out the larger fish. Maybe the tendency to have a more lackadaisical motion to them. Large dannys would completely contradict that, but, it’d all depend on the bait present in that time and place.

When the pogies are around, the big white Dannys are deadly. Once there were schools of pogies all over the Bay. Guys were snag and drop and live lining. I was throwing a big White Danny around the edges of the schools and I was hooking up on every cast.

Some, Alaskan Yellow Cypress Spooks.

Like the shape.
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I have one of your spooks and I don't want to fish it. It looks too nice!

Working on the Dalecki darter, I think I have got the body roughly down. Using two different templates, and turning the neck 3/32in off center. These are my tests just using cedar. Getting some hardwoods soon for the finished products.

The lip angle is 39 degrees, I have not determined the proper slope angle yet. Maybe another member on the site who has already made a few of these can give me some tips? Hint hint

:eek:
I just realized, it is no longer 2021. Going to start the 2022 thread

So here's a slimmer body Danny I just made. 2.5oz.

Nice Paul, good color!

Thanks Tommy. Not the quality you make but it's ok for one at a time.

Those are awesome.