Flaptails
 

Just got these done in time for christmas..........first plugs of the winter for me.
any idea who made the old one?

i've got 2 more still on the drying rack

very nice! wonder how they'll hookup w/o tail hooks?

flaps
 

Very nice work.
I wonder who is gonna claim they were his design.
Not me!
Dan;)

:eek:


fan-foo-goo-tastic.

no need for tail hooks. only LARGE fish need apply:D
where'd ya get the flaptails? i need a couple?
mike

moore's lures www.mooreslures.com was the ONLY place i could find that has them.

Great Job!!!

Bernzy

youngsalt you are getting better and better.. those are the best batch i've seen yet :kewl:

Awesome:btu:

YS...I have the same lure....I havn't been able to ID it as of yet.

those you made are great looking:kewl:

i was told it's a sylvester flaptail......i know he had a tackle shop, but i didn't think he made plugs - maybe he just meant that it was bought from him.

Pt Jude Surf Slapper Jr. I think

sylvesters were much like the heddon flaptails. Jerry had a person in wakefield RI building his flaptails for him i believe... not 100% sure though

Ho Ho Ho..... Beg Beg Beg..... :-)
 

YS, the pink one, pleeeeeaaaaaaase?????? I trade you a plug or BIG Flatwing????

Very nice job :btu:

all very sweet, love the top blue and the grey/white with the scales. Real nice work YS...:kewl:

Great job those are sweet!

Those are perfect! Nice work!

thanks for all the comps, these are the last two ones i made. i just float tested them in the sink, they came out just like i wanted. 2 1/8 oz. and they float nearly verticle, the blue & white and the pink ones are cypress, the others AYC

That blue one is sweeeeet:)

Pure ART!
 

..but a question...how they swim? I've seen a few different flappys and the ones that have the eye up top like a darter I can see dig but how do these swim? Others have the split/ sloped nose. I can see those imparting action like a swim plate.
These seem to have a Pikie type head yet the eye is front and center. Whats the objective to a true Flaptail?
I'd like to try one but the variations have me baffled! :huh:
These "look" like they might slowly skim the surface like a boat laying down a wake and some slish spash from the tail...which is never a bad thing. :kewl: :bl:
Someone break down the flaptail mystery for me?!

Flaptails were developed for short casts from a boat or shore in rocky and/or weed covered shallow bottom. Originally designed by Heddon for freshwater bass/pike use, I have been making them for years based on Jerry Sylvesters designs and Ollie Rodmans mention of how to fish them in his book "The Saltwater Fisherman's Favorite Four". I use no weighting and work them like a spook, zigzaging them across the surface. If you are getting follows and no takes try giving them a good rip forward with the tip down towards the water, this will drive the plug just under the surface where the high cut on the head will make it swim side to side with that blade buzzing bubbles in a trail for a few feet. My best applications for this plug has been The Elizabeth Islands, Fishers Island and Pleasant Bay on Cape Cod, especially in the Strong Island area.

The old one is an early Point Jude Surf Slapper. Nice work on the homemades!
Adam

Thanks Flap
 

Makes sense now. So it would seem its "primariliy" a day time offer as most night time plugs are to be worked much slower.

Thanks again for the insight Capt!:)