Is this the Place?
 

Am I too early?











Sorry, the Danish didn't make it.....:hee:

Shhhhhhhhhh......Eddy will hear us.

:)

G'morning, George. Get your snow shoveled yet?

Here's what I've started.

A smaller version (to fit a lefty1 lip) of the low floating, slow wagging, unstable, skinny donny (white pictured) that have done so well for me.

A fatter, higher riding, tail weighted, full size version of the same plug (green cloud)......that I gave to early bird, and swam fantastic, but he under-appreciated so I took it back.

Some Musso/BM wad clones to try.

And these are some variations on a big 3 oz needle of my own I've been fishing the last several years and liking.

Also a picture of my secret plug building weapon

You've been very busy. So far I have 3 protos spun.
One being that Norris needle, using my patented WAG method from the pic.
I marked some squares to turn some pikies later today.

Do I see correctly, do you use an actual plug for a pattern with that duplicator?

I've been thinking pikies as well. Seems like the GRS slim has been a good plug for some people (I've never seen one), and I'm intrigued by the shape Rock posted of one of his early plugs. Then again, these musso pines I've built swim subsurface well so I'm not sure what I will gain by moving to a pikie shape (other than a prettier plug).

Good morning guys.

LU!!
 

You're up early!

Yeah, that is a first. I usually use a plexiglass template in a holder that goes in the same spot. Making the templates accurately has proven difficult (without slicing the original plug in half). I tied the copier trick but it didn't work for me, and tracing the original is always off by the thickness/angle of the pencil. Then cutting and smoothing the plexiglass leads to inaccuracies.

Thank god we can't see him.

LOL You sound just like my wife George.

I gotta go pray for my epoxy.

Pbdad said he'd be dropping in.
These are for him.
The unfinished is a Atom Jr body Bob Pond gave Flap
The other is the 54b plug he is building
And what is in it.

George i had great success in Rhody with the Musso you gave me at the last plugfest.I was doing so well i had to take it off as too many bluefish showed up and i got scared of losing it.:uhuh:

Still looks shinny in the pics :smash: Must be your finish.

Down here we are still fishing. Winter storm last night so I took a break to clean of my lathe\tools last night. I got so caught up in making hand carved plugs that I have not turned a plug in 2 years.

I think I'm going to turn some small swimmers tonight after
my kids confirmation party. :grins:

good afternoon ... i was here at 5 but you's all were sleeping .. I havn't turned one plug yet ... what a slug ..

Looks like we're building a crowd,here.

I'm thinking some handcarves myself, 'Knight. Sandeels from wood.
Hey, Tagger! Did you go back to bed?

no ...went over there for a minute ..

Sooooo, where's BF? We're gonna have to dock him...

*@#%^$&*()&)* I feel like crap. I thought I'd say that cause my wife and daughter don't care.

Nice plague going around, couple of them actually. They've had me looking over my shoulder for a month now, lucky so far. Get better soon.

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired ? We can run a meeting here if you like ..

Turned some small poppers last night also painted up a some bottledarters.

cool pattern on that paint Lu ... sick of the same old screens ... thats very different

Thanks Eddy.That plug is a blem i was practicing on i have a few good patterns like that i got from a member at the second plugbash he had some great patterns.

Good Morning Guys. I passed out after I woke. Had a little headache. Must of been the smell of wood chips and sealer!!!. Heres whats coming out of my Plug Dungeon. 5" Stubbys needles( My stapleford), A-40's copied from an old 50"s wallhanger & BM repros . Next round of spinning will be the Atom jr style from the early seventys, BM spin Atom and a odd Atom Jr. which was given to me by an old friend. It was broke at the rear hook hanger. I epoxied it together and fish with skin. This model is slightly thinner in body and shorter by1/4". This plug also had a tail weight. Is it an Atom 54B ??

Geeze I gotta get to work, you guys are burying me..with awesome stuff no less..

that's the problem with being the last in the house to get sick. Nobody wants to hear about it any more ok back to plugs. Here is what I did this week and weekend.
First is a needle I am addicted to. I made some skinner maple ones and some of th normal size AYC. Got the soft maple from Scott and it is beautiful stuff and not too much waste. I always use a few varieties of wood to see if some really good might happen.
Second is the Nike size I like and out of a few different woods

Third is the slim danny, Gary2 copy. I gave my next to last one to George's friend. Really like this plug. Kind of an in between plug. I tried some out of Port Orford for the first time but I prefer AYC.