600 miles and a macaroon later...
 

Well we just got back from Asbury. What a show, lots of nice stuff. Bought a bunch and some for a couple of other guys.

dam !!!! :kewl: whatta haul !!!

Took the works right outa my mouf !!

Here is what I brought home for me. Oh and 2 of the 4 macaroons. Thanks Vic.:hihi:

oops, the 2 small pencils shouldn't have been in the pic. They are going to maddog

Mac I wish I knew you were going. I would had you shop for me.

Dave, the question is did you see any of your own plugs there for sale? That would of been odd huh?

Nice stuff Mac, worth the trip I bet.

nice.....:drool:

nice stash

Nice stuff Dave. Those NJ people make some real quality stuff. When are we going to have a flea market up this neck of the woods. Don't understand why we don't do the same thing here. Lucky dog.

Other than a hype instigated hysteria for collecting, what are Lefty's really good for?

I fished one once, I wouldn't put it out when serious fish are in the suds and it's action really didn't impress me.

WTF?

Not trying to be an A-Hole but really, what is the big fuss other than the making of something out of something thats really not all that much and collectors going gaga over it.

Too many plug builders who are thought of as "legends" ( I hate that term actually) are building plugs more for the collectoing market than the actual fishing there-of.

Craziness.

No offense taken. To me they are "trade bait" :vamp:

:hihi: LOL
Dave go to scorton creek and look up LMAO
nother one makes the grade
there be only a few i would buy lures from, seems no one tests there crap anymore.
it should be like who's not selling plugs :claps:

Gary2's :drool:

I heard a rumor about a hemlock swimmer :huh:

I must agree, if it wasn't for the fact that I was one of the first in line and had a opportunity to grab a couple of Lefty's first off his table I most likely would not of picked any up.. Lefty Carr bumped the price up to $35. for his larger lures and in fact was not very pleasant when the crowds rushed in to buy him out.. Nice huh....
Like Dave said - Lefty Plugs - For Future Considerations....
I also skipped some of the other "Collectors" plugs and instead went for what I was looking for - Fixters & Gary2's...:kewl:

What time did you get in line?

ya mean plugs made form "Scorton Pine" don't fish good BM?
:hihi:

We were in line at 7:30 and there were around 60 guys ahead of us I am guessing. By the time the doors openned (9AM) there had to be 500+ people behind us.

We got tickets from Lefty's helper (his grandson I think). My ticket# was 45 (out of 50). The ticket entitled me to be able to buy 3 lefty's. I bought 2. Lefty was fine but his helper was grumpy. Had the attitude that everyone wsa out to get them. Tagger and I were standing infront of the table getting ready to pick up a plug and he screams "hold it" No plugs could be picked up and looked at until the person buying (tagger) picked out his 3. He must think I look like a criminal or something.....:tooth:

could be, things were really tight movement wise so I didn't get to see everything.

Dave, how long did it take to sell the Lefty's out? that's $5,000.00 plus/minus if he sold out.

Trade bait! I like that! Good thinking.

He was wrapped up in well under an hour. I should have bought the 3rd one. People want to buy them but I am not looking for money from them. It's "what do you have to trade":devil: small ones were 30 and large were 35

This one is really cool

Wasn't many of those Twisted Whistles either when I left at 10AM...

Nice One There...

Dave did you see the Skippys ? The guy that had the shadow box drawing..
Short Supply of them also went in minutes...

When I walked in it was a bee line to see Mike F. and Gary. Then I moved around. I did see the shadowbox. Very nice and the pieces in it all looked mint. I would have bought a few tickets for the drawing but was too lazy to fill out the coupons.

I was considering going to that one, but I passed on it and instead went to the Berkley one as in New Jersey anyway. I not much of a pug collecter but the Berkley mostly had tackle and a few plug builders. I was very impressed with Berkley one. The crowds were not bad and actual had good gear. I would recommend definetly going to a Jersey Flea market. We guys need to get one started here.

Sounds like madness. I thought that I was depressed because I was going to miss it, but now, not so sure. But your stash? Looks great. I'm jealous of that.

Nice to see some of the Mass crew down here in N.J.! You are welcomed anytime. I think Throwing Timber likes it a lot down here since I keep running into him.:rolleyes:

no disrespect....but are these things like hummels or meant to be fished???

LOL, the only ones that won't be fished are the Lefty's. I already traded one off. :devil: One more to go.

hahahahahah I forgot candi's macaroons :shocked: