Looks like I've got some caves to raid!
Nice stuff guys.

You finished it as a blem? You know, I could come in and help you. Ya see, finishing plugs as blems means less profit, finishing NONBLEMMS is much better :hihi:

Now what you meant to say was "one of the finished plugs was belmmished so I sent it to the too tall Capeboy" - that's what you meant to say

:hidin:

flaptail,
put up a pic of one of those flaptails.
i need something to go bye:D

ouch

oKAY mIKE.:)

Does anyone know what the floowing two pictures are of? I know, let's see how good you plug builder historians are.

pic #2

Fishingfreak, as requested. I made this Flaptail in 90' or so. Stan Daggett of West Dennis was in Riverview Bait and Tackle as I was test swimming it in Lee's large shiner tank and was the only one who knew what I had made. Right then and there Stan invited me over to his house to see all his old plugs. Awesome stuff! He gave me some needles he made to be fished with Eelskins over them. ( I will post pic).

Eben, I haven't forgot your request.

The Flaptail, made after inspiration of reading Ollie Rodman's the "Saltwater Fishermans Favorite Four" Shaped,sanded, sealed, primed and painted by hand from a square block of red cedar.

Last nights creation from a Bassmaster Stubby needle body. A work in progress.

hook hangers used instead of swivels like we use

amd weights I suppose

Nope.:cool:

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Hint. Red Top bought the company from the Shearer Bros. These are parts of the thing they bought and sold under thier name. Biff McArdle used to build them with Bunny.:D

are the wire things the line ties for jigs?

Nope. Look again Bruce, you'll get it!:D

The two Atoms ( bodies by Slipknot) are done as well as the Conrad in the old Danny Pinchney blue swirl pattern (plus Pink)

Here is a Stan Daggett Eelskin Needlefish from 20 years ago.

I have one of those in my fridge

The stuff still has not been identified. :)

Bruce, sorry I missed that post reply on hook hangers and weights. Your right, they are Cap'n Bill hook hangers and weights.:D

Tell him what he has won Flap!:bgi: :bgi:

A Bigfish needle of your choice!:laughs: :laughs: :laughs:

:eek: He already has one!:smash:

Nice Flaptail Flaptail!:D

so give him another one

I have stan's eel skin plug's and the captains hook hangers as well as the same lead......did u know I got his bronze/steel jig molds and plugs....eel skin jigs and brass rings..:D

ps....the skin plug now has only one hook...the two hooker is out dated.;)

your out dated

When I went to visit him he gave me a couple hundred brass rings and a couple pieces of brass pipe that had been turned for rings but not cut yet. Those are all now at a friends house in Falmouth who has all of Stan Kuzias molds for eelskin rigs and jigs. Gonna have a lot of jigs next season from 1/2 to 4 oz.

Well now that he has updated them I guess that makes that one all the more desirable. That's cool. I had a few of them ( they were unpainted at the time) that I painted and used and eventually lost. There were two sizes. Stan is a great guy and great fisherman. ( as I recall in my conversations with him he doesn't cotton to beach buggies going over the sand too well);)

Hey Bigfish, I don't have a Bigfish plug yet! ( blatant Ho'ism):p

he got a 38lber on a 3" eel skin fly....those skin plugs work great:happy:

old brass water pipe.

can't beleive he use to cut the lower lips off all the gibbs popper's,,,said they worked much better that way.

bm's a fruit tart.