Mine are all wired up, but I'm gonna hold them for another day, Newelly, if that's alright... the mirror coat is nice, but it thinned out a bit on some of the plugs and dimpled in a few spots... nothing major, but I recoated all the plugs, to be safe, and they'll need the extra time to harden up. I'll ship 'em out tomorrow, priority, so you should have them in your hot little hands by Friday.

Just by way of reference, it might be nice if each of us would post here, what size hooks are recommended for optimum performance on their swap lure... on mine, a 2/0 4x treble up front and bucktail dressed 4/0 siwash on the rear. Depending on what brand of hooks you use, they'll add another couple of tenths of an ounce to the overall weight, and bring the total fishing weight (on mine) to somewhere's just under 2 ounces.

start out with vmc 1/0 on mine and a 3 or a 4/0 siwash on the tail

lol...okay sorry.

Katie pay no attention to that rude bassmaster man..he should eat a bar of soap ..He's not a nice guy like me ...3-0. Check out the the cool plug stands under the CS...where can u get those ..Papa Gino's pizza box center stands..:happy:

Got a box today from Edison, NJ, home of Chumbucket. All I can say is WOW These are incredible, chum sent me a PM saying "wait till you see these".:D

Getting there...

Glad you like 'em NG, and thank you for handling the swap this year. We appreciate it.
On my plug if you want to hook it up vintage striper plug style, I suggest 4/0 or 5/0 3x strong crimp-on cut Mustad trebles. If you prefer VMC's, 5/0, 4/0 and a 6/0 or 7/0 siwash on the tail (if you can find 'em).

Chumeister...:eek:... you painting telephone poles, again? Hope I've got a rod that can handle it. Is it under 4oz.?

Hooks for mine... I use a 1/0 VMC treble up front and a 4/0 Siwash dressep up a bit in the back.

I must offer a disclaimer with mine. I used you guys as Guinea Pigs :D The plugs are made out of cypress and I tried a new glitter finish idea so the plugs feel a little bumpy. They will definately catch though... I spent countless hours making protos to get the weighting right etc. I am really excited to get the others!!!!! :happy:

I prefer 3/0 VMC for the front and a 5/0 dressed siwash for the back. Looking forward to seeing everyone's creations.

Well, they're on their way. I'm satisfied with how they turned out, and I hope you guys find them acceptable. They're a shape I've been tweaking since August, and made from AYC, although I'm not 100 percent settled on the wood... I plan to work with it some more this winter, as weather permits... "Caribbean schoolbus" can be fished at night, but is probably a first light through mid-morning choice.

Newelly, thanks for hosting this swap,:btu: and where's my box of lures, already? :p

epoxy setting.

:D I had to sell my scale so I could buy more wire and swivels , You guys are gonna have to weigh one and report back to me so I know:smash:
The anticipation is killing me, just like Ketchup :happy:

Well seeing as no one has seen these works of art but me and Chum I can tell you that they weigh 4.4 ozs with 4/0 mustads and a 6/0 siwash w/ bucktail. Sorry can't post a picture as I want everybody to be waiting in anticipation:D

The way things are shaping up I should be able to ship on saturday.:happy:

Oh Goodie!! :happy:

Um...:rolleyes: maybe you could post some pictures after everyone gets them??

pretty please?? with bunker oil on top??

I will post a picture of the set on Christmas Day:D

:happy:

no one can resist that lovely elixer....

mmmmmmm...bunker oil

:D

I think I heard that darter say something about wanting to go to Westport MA.... :laughs:

guess what a guy named dave just delivered. ya, there all here, just sitting in a box in front of me.christmas early. shock and awe have taken over. and no i wont post pictures. i hope im torturing you all.:D incredible.

bassmaster- i envision this one in many a fish's mouth with a tear in my eye
bernzy-ditto but with two tears now
chum-superbassacodaliciousexskatealadocious :skulz: :vamp: :rocketem: :rocketem: :D
tagger-holy shnikeys
eelpunt-holybejusus
pa surfer-:eek: love.
canalman-spectacular
tobias-thank you thank you thank you
and last but not least newell guy- my mum sums it up as "cute". ya cute to be swimming in the last wave and seeing a moby come up and side swipe it.

and earlier today a ratt boy out of the blue, perfect.

the hours of fondling begin.

also a big thanks to newell and tagger for the gallon of epoxy and the airbrush. you made me a happy boy today. a happy happy boy. :D

snarl.. growl.. roar I have to wait!! :crying:

Plugs are going to be mailed out priority mail tomorrow so everyone should have them by Christmas. Merry Christmas to everyone and their families.

I'm jealous of you guys :(
I'm gonna have to start building so I can get in on this in a few years.

Swap plugs are in the mail. Everyone should have them by Wednesday. Hope everyone enjoys them and thanks for participating.

I'm a lurker here on the plugs. ;)

I've ho'ed a few from Dave/NG - love them big pikies! :D

As stated by the other non-plug makers: PLEASE post a set of pictures so we can have some eye candy for Christmas. :)

Thanks again!

OMG...some u fish ,,some u hang on the wall,, these babies are going in the vault...(when I get one)...I'll post some pics your not going to believe your eyes ..If I can find the damm camera,, I think the kids have it out somewhere ..Its not in the dock ...hold on ..:as:

Ya better not......not till Christmas:D

my box came today. nice
wow!

:smash:

:D

Just got mine:bgi: Thank you to everyone who participated and thanks espcially goes out to Newell for putting this together.

Tobias

WOW ! Great Stuff! Especially the ADCAP Swimmer ;)

closet Ho'r

:mad: My box is probably sitting in some Post Office relay location :smash: ...I hope I get to open mine before Christmas Day :rolleyes: ADCAP ?? :confused: :rolleyes:

You guys are incredible! Chum - you blew me away! I am having trouble deciding whether to fish some of these or not. I'd be interested to know what each of you used for clearcoat. Christian - I love the plug and I can't not use it I know I'm gonna take some nice fish this spring on it. EP - I have to fish yours too - way too intrigued! But seriously... excellent excellent stuff.

Did anyone notice that BMs plug smells like a big mac? Go ahead.. smell it.

Thanks NG.. Here's wishing you a speedy recovery from your operation!

-DAve

I used Enviro-tex Lite on my swap plugs.
I tried Sys-3 clearcoat on a few other plugs before this swap & it was a real mess. Lots of small bubbles that didn't want to go away, weird curing that set quick on the surface but not below the surface. I think the two bottles were too cold as I store them in a cooler part of the cellar.:smash: