This "Is" the Place - 2012
 

How about it? Get the Sunday morning chat going again. It's too damn quiet here!

it won't be the same without Big fish Larry...I miss his posts..

I will pop in now and then....lets do this! Still building some cool stuff here! Retro copies of Snook Baits, Creek Chub, and some Flaptails to name a few! :uhuh: Working on a Pikie and some Polaris poppers!:uhuh:

Awesome... glad to see ya posting big guy!Nancy asks me at least once a week if you have been posting..

This is what it took to get Larry out of hiding, cool.

Hey fellas,
Can you fill in a newer member on This "Is" the place?
Sundays?

MS

We had a thread last winter called..."Is This The Place?" and it was a Sunday morning plug building discussion where us builders would grab our morning coffee and talk about plugs! Do a search...its an informative and fun thread! See you Sunday morning!:uhuh:

A Bigfish pikie? I am so in on that...
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I thought that's what M&D's was for?


I'm in....what time Sunday am?

So it shall be!! See everyone on Sunday morning. Hope this is a good year for everyone, and best part is Larry's back!

AWESOME!!

MS

I'll probably be ice fishing, as this is the last weekend before the derby and I'm torn on my exact location... if i'm home... i'll boot up the 'puter... and yes.. glad to have larry back!

I'd like to sit in myself. We can talk Patriots this week. :jump1:

I really enjoyed the last two years of this. There was some great back and forth conversation and I learned something every week. I'll tune in Sunday morning.

is every one welcome even new builders like me?

yup

talk about plug building, whats on the bench what problems you are having idea's. oldies newbies.

Does anyone have a link to last years thread?

maybe a sticky with all the years linked to the respective posts?

i.e

2008
2009
2010
2011

last years is two post below this

Maybe discuss "Pikie's" this Sunday?

7:52am....coffee in hand? Anyone there???:gu:

Headed out to my shop by 9:00am! Blues on Sunday on the radio and work on a few classic copies and organize the shop a bit! :uhuh:

Sunday morning blues with carter allen on 100.7, great morning show indeed,

Yeah! Matt you spend the morning sorting your beautiful collection?? Have you tried building yourself Matt??

hello to all and a Happy New Year Lawrence. Home from church, wood stove filled, breakfast gone, some plugs in sealer already. Got some hand finishing, sandpaper work, and I hope to have 3 more batches in sealer today. Pretty much done turning for this year. Heck I didn't even need to turn any this year as I got a large stock pile of plugs already turned from last few years. Got a bunch of darters still need the top slope cut which I do at work on the band saw. My drill press hole drilling V block fixture has worked out swimmingly and allows me not to have to do any more of that at work. Got a couple vintage things in the mix in case we have a plug contest thing this year at plugfest and I also have a few weird mutant things I am hoping work good but still in process, head scratching, stage. I have also been very busy after work making and hopefully finishing 4 fly vises. I will be offering one up to the site for a raffle. You can see it at plugfest, and I will post some pics here on main forum when I get it done this week hopefully, and the winner to be picked at too cold to fish nite so make sure you get in on it as it is to benefit the site and we had such great involvement when I did it a couple years ago. Well that is all from here in Lakeville where all the women are strong and all the men are good looking. Peace. P.

good am guys whats the topic this week ,, great to be here as a new builder i learn alot from yall

Finish cleaning shop up today and take inventory of the wood supply, and maybe remake my spinner. I have about 2 dozen plugs primed and ready for paint. Two small Banana's have been test swam and they need to be finished along with 6 large one's. First year for the duplicator, and thanks to Paul for the carbide cutter, it works great! Slight redesign on my large Pikie and I will be turning 7 3/4" Nike Jr's also. Going to attempt a darter or two, that should be fun, and needles for the fall (didn't have enough last year!) Working the 3 big shows here in Jersey for Century and my local shop.

hi larry, go pats, haven't tried building yet, was down at mike's yesterday and he offered to show me around his shop and how he did things, which I thought was really nice of him, had to take a rain check though, and I have absolutely no space in my basement, I need to build my barn in my side yard then I can build out there, GO PATS, :pats2:

heading to the shop now for a bit.. what a mess have i feeling theres gonna be a lot of kindling wood. thengotta get my but moving on some peanuts im doing for a swap.

rene

Junior is running a fever so no hockey game today. Feeling about 87% myself, so going to be a lazy day after I take my boy for a throat culture.

Maybe get into the garage and make a mess hand shaping some Azek into gliders. Got a few protos that zig and zag great, but trying to find the right shape and balance to get a nice side to side swim at slow speed. Going to try concave sides instead of straight. Will do that on a spindle sander at school, one of the last remnants of the old wood shop not to be sold off as we now train kids for "21st century" skills. :-(

GO PATS!
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Hi. Has anyone tried to make a duplicator like a vega ? I'm sure it has a pattern so I don't want to copy it. Thanks Mike.

Good morning... almost afternoon Gents... I've got something special here this morning...( atleast I think it is)

yesterday.. as i dropped off my Ice fishing partner.. he invited me to see his basement he was remodeling... hidden on top of the rafters was a stash of plugs.... there were some Atoms ( 40's) and gibbs bottle plugs and trollers... but what caught my eye was this fella ( which he gave me...) it looks like a Nike.. but the external rigging throws me.. I dont know enough about the history to know for sure.. but here it is... it weighs 3.20 ounces... it is 6 1/2" long the head is 1 1/2"... the middle is 1 5/8".. the tail is 3/4.... the head of the plug is gaurded with a heavy metal plate held on by two screws, it terminates at the same level as the rigging.. it appears to be plated or possibly stainless.. regardless.. it is quality and very heavy.. the head above the plate is slightly cupped... the eyes are an intergal part of the plug, with wood removved around them to make them stand out, I originaly thought they were glass.. but on close inspection... they are definatly part of the plug... on the rigging it has a "U" shaped section that sits in a recees inthe tail.... the rigging is secured tow the body on either side of the hook and protrudes out through a hole drilled into the mouth a wher it is terminated with a split ring..anybody got a positive ID....

Have not had a whole lot of time for building lately. Did get some stuff painted and finished and have a few things in various stages. Looking forward to plugfest.


Wanted a smaller flaptail to throw especially when mullet are around.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...ts/pb11023.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0016.jpg

Some big 8" swimmers.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0019.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0021.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/dec24002.jpg

Some handcarved stuff.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...aits/_0202.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...aits/_0210.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0029.jpg


Saw what fun Muskyslayer was having with the big jitterbugs so I tried one myself.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0001.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0008.jpg

Hopefully will get a couple more of these small Goo Goo Eyes done before I head up and maybe some big handcarveds.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0028.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a...plugs_0012.jpg

Happy 2012!
Hey guy's, sounds like everyone is getting ready, and getting shop's sorted out, I'm in the same boat. I've started a little later this year due to a little side project. A co-worker had a butchered 1955 Les Paul Jr that needed some love. A previous owner had cut the center portion out and replaced it with Luan plywood to hide previous hacking. I cut that out, replaced it with Mahogany, epoxied it in place, added binding, filled, painted with 1955 Lincoln turquoise and clear coated the entire piece. I'd never have touched it with normal wear, but she was done.
Woody, I do know a few things about gliders, and you are right, is is all about shape, width and balance. A couple things I've found that work are, a longer shape balances much better with weight added both to the front and rear of the bait. Do that balancing act with a level fall and a sink rate of around 1 foot per second and you've got a winner. With a shorter, taller profile I've found that a centered ballast with the same sink rate works very well. With both shapes however, wider is better like 7/8 to 1" for a 6 to 10" profile. Maple is my choice of wood for gliders, it seems to work out best without a ton of weight needed to dance. Remember that when you do your sink rate test to have hooks on and guesstimate topcoat weight. You can change hook size after completion to fine tune. Line tie attachment will also come into play, generally keep it centered. Here are a couple examples from last year.

Douglas

That's quite the find Rockfish9!
I over slept this am. :wall:

I feel like it is....I wss up at 2 AM the day before... and went to bed late... I was in no hurry to get out of bed this morning...

WoW, you never cease to amaze. Very nice:drool:

Greek: huge fan of your work. Awesome plugs.
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it's was made by P & K an called a lippy saltwater...mid 40's was about it's birth date...same family as the walkie- talkie.

I'm pretty sure I have seen some of them P & K's at VB's house.

Beauties you guys got there Greek n Rowhunter

Yup that's what they are. Got a few of them. Duplicatin that metal center strip is gonna be quite the chore.