You remember Chris! I do anyway! I also have some retired "whipping boys" hanging in the shop!!!:uhuh:

Ted- Again, YOUR WORK ROCKS!

So clean. So polished. So original.

Thanks for sharing.
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Where's Paul ?? I want to see his new Fly Vise:uhuh: I bet it is killer!!

Please share Larry!
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I will see if I can take a pic with my phone and post it??? Have not done that yet??
:smash:

Yeah Larry... would love to see your shop plug rack... picture?

The plugs that retire have to earn it. The really big nights fishing don't happen every year, no need to write on them. I like it that way, keeps special, well, special.:uhuh:

Anyone ever try to build a CCBC 7600 surf darter? Anyone ever use one? They seem to be real scarce. Was it because they fished well and got used or because they were only made for a very short while? Always wanted to try and build one but never got around to it. I like the shape alot. Don't even know if they were more of a surface lure or if they were really a darter.

What he said.

From what I hear they didn't swim great, Gary Soldati has been working on his version for a few years and I think he has it about right now. I think there may be a pic. of it on his site.

like the top 2 CCBC ?

I heard the first version had the line tie in the mouth and they needed to put it up on the diving plane which they did in the next version...

Yes BT. Thanks Sarge. I figured as much as you never really see anyone trying to reproduce them.

Anyone clue me in on how to post pics here from my Iphone??

ted-

I made the red headed one for a lady friend who uses it for fresh water bass fishing in maine... she has caught LM, SM, and pickeral with it on Highland lake in Bridgton. It is close to a CCBC darter...

You could email them to your email acct ... downsize them with Picasa (export function) and they upload them via your PC

Sounds like I am outta luck because (Myassa) don't know (#^&#^&#^&#^&ta) about this stuff???

geez love to see your stash, I'll try and find you at the fest

good morning. Sarge your area looks no worse than mine. Controlled chaos. Got a lot of plugs sealed yesterday. Outside to drip dry and wipe off for 5 min., a little too cold to let hang too long, and then into the cellar for dry to touch and then into sun room for a week. I hope to try and get some primed this week if we get to 45 plus out side. I spray outside and then into cellar quick. Stinks working days again as I can't spray in work like I used to at nite after work. Got my recreation of a classic all ready for paint. Got a bunch of darters and some jointed ones too. Mr. Musso told me he gave up on the jointed ones as they didn't work any better than the regular ones and they were wayyyyy more time consuming, I can agree on that but I like the challenge. So many ways to run aground doing them. Also got a few hybrid darters I have been scratching my head on for a few years but not enough data in to show anyone yet. I got my usual run of howdies, my fav plug of all top waters to fish, this year too and I was able to get some rattles in them too. Got 2, Jr. and Sr. slope headed eelskin Conrads for Sauerkraut to adorn with his skins and hopefully use. Some med gibbs pencil copies and a bunch of Pinchey peanut size dannies. I will probably not finish all the stuff but I usually don't. P.



Sarge I will take some pics of the vise in a little while after I find the darn card for the camera.

Dave Anderson's Pug Darter is similar to the CCBC Surf Darter I think.

Larry- If you connect your iPhone to your PC you upload pics from it as you would from any other folder or memory device within the PC.
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Its hooked up but I can't navigate my way around this zoo??

You know how there are things you are really good at and things you are not good at at all and you should stay away???? This falls under the latter!

Chris, can you send me some dim's on the large one?

Larry- Email the pics to yourself, open and save them on your PC, then upload as usual.

Work with me here big guy!

;-))
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up in the plug builders forum.:nopics:

Wow it's 2pm. Forgot about the morning coffee session. Anyway I did my jointeds for the winter but had a request for Cowboys. Took off the dupe a free handed them off my spec sheet. Trollers for a boat. I did them out of red maple(soft maple). came in at 5oz. swim nice w/slow waggle. Modified a A-40 lip cut to 1 3/16 and curled the sides. I said while the dupe was off I had a screw up piece and said what to do? Conrad slopehead! I'll throw it in the sealer once I pour the weights. Keep the dust flying fellows.

PVC dust don't fly Billy!

It sticks to everything due to static electricity.

:-((
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A very nice lathe. These are the motor specs on mine;

Manufacturer - Dayton, Niles Ill.
Model # 2M037A
115v 60HZ 1.5AMP
1/10 HP 8000RPM
Spec # 5292

I bought mine from Grainger after burning the first one out

Yes I've done a few needles with pvc trim board (ss stubbys) now they float. nice stuff to work with. No paint white is nice!!

Looks like Grainger no longer carries the 2M037 A model which is CW rotation, I'm going to go with the 2M034 which I used on my last Clemens, only 1/15hp but it worked fine. Can't believe the price on these now!

Maybe we should do a "CC Surf Darter Challenge"

I'm in for it, this is one of the plugs that's on my "give it a try list"