Baby Musso's:D

Jointed Musso:D

:drool: :drool: jointed darter

Small Hahn:D

Medium Hahn:D

Large Hahn:D

Hey Dave - Might be willing to let go of one of the yellow ones. I'll bring them with me the next time I visit:D

:happy: :happy: I'm sure we can work out a trade:happy: :happy:

Nice Hahn collection.

Thanks Eben

One additonal think I learned is correct weight. Some in the middle or none at all on hard maple. Too much weight especially in the back will kill your darter.

Tobias,

Great collection. Want to jump right out and snatch them.

Paulbo

Very nice. very very nice.Hows that for some smoochery.

Lemme try this again.

Try another one.

Same midnight blue darter, different view.

Tobias!!!! :humpty: :humpty: now after seing those musso's it looks like he takes less wood off the top than say a beachmaster or a gibbs-

Flukinnuki- very nice darters-

progress report
I painted up some today at work and now I have to Wire some up.. Nib, I mean KUng FoO guy, I got some copper paint :hee:

Nice Nooki...

Good one ebby, now wax ka an sand froor.oops wrong movie.

Bump to the future. Some interesting stuff in here from before NIB forgot more than I know, and Eben still fished plugs.

Great BUMP Numbskull, I can't wait to start making darters...I got a ton of maple to spin up! Good info here!

And some darter jigs!!! I cant get those angles consistently right.

But I can't get other stuff right either.

hey I still fish plugs. :fury:

I hate reading my old post's I was so sure of myself.
I think I know less now that I think I might know something.
I know this, I still like darters and bottle plugs.Give me some sweeping current, and nice slow retrieve.Only to have it interrupted by the strike.It doesn't get any better than that.
The thing about darters is that the emulate so many bait fish well,From snapper blues,herring,spike weaks to squid.If you have small bait present there's a good chance your gonna have some squid with em.A darter with it's sweeping side to side action is basically the only plug made that does not track straight in.IMO it is best at emulating the darty stop and start swimming actions of squid.Something to remember next time your just reeling one in.
Get funky wit it.
That being said most darters that have a good side to side sweep will run the risk of popping out,They are generally more broad in the face.Better used in less current,still a good plug.There is a fine line to optimum action and coming in upside down.Thinner ones like the SS will track in straight.Don't believe all that is written the Plastic ones are not all created equal.Some swim better than others.It may take some hook tweaking to get the desired results..With all of the wooden creations I have made or fished with. I am coming to the realization that thinner profiles catch better for me.It is so easy to get a fatter plug to do what I want I just don't seem to get the desired results,catch wise.Food for thought.

Sorry, my bad. :tm:
Send me your address, I owe you one.

There is definitely something in this. I've also begun to believe that long thin profiles tend to trigger a strike reflex in stripers, even when the artificial looks all wrong. I think this has a lot to do with why tubes and needles work so well.

I have to agree with this %100... thinner seems to imitate more styles of bait fish, I do make a short stubby darter that works well in the spring, but I've never done well with it in the fall...

Closet Darter Freak
 

This thread is killing me.

really?? :hee:

George, you owe me one too and a banana :walk:

Here's a few of mine, I've got more pictures somewhere, I guess it's time to clean up the files on my home PC....

The plain darters are 7 1/4" birch darters, inspired by Jack Frech

The one decorated with the fish, is a 4 1/2" maple darter...

Yup, if you'll use it, I'll send it.

My thoughts on thinner profiles. Most baitfish are thin side to side and most plugs are fished near the top of the water column, so if a fish is looking at a plug from below the thin profile emulates the body profile better.