Influential Plugs by members of this site
 

I was wondering what you all thought were some of the more influential plugs made by people here? Paint, or design, or action, or simply a personal favorite, and so on. And if you could post up some pictures too :)

Yes, there is a reasoning behind this but I can't get into that just yet :hihi:

Thanks!

John

Thanks :doh: ...

How about something a little more, uhh, significant than that, eh? :hs: :eyes: :gu:

Mr Pogie for paint

Tattoo for thinking

BM for getting off the beaten path

I dont collect plugs nor really follow history, I see something that takes off in my mind and work with it or come up with something new to find out I am just reinventing the wheel.
I would have to say that Stan Gibbs (who's watching) was the most influencial even though he's not hitting keys around here.

Tagger's Tadpole
BM's PhatBoy Danny
BBJ's midget Danny
Capesams Lobstah
JPI's Surfster's

habs' poop eel..

The paint work of Bernzy and Ryan Smith aka Lab1 is what I aspire to!:kewl:

I think that Bernzy's Surf Howdy in any size and Lab1's Big Eye Swimmers are the most original plugs I have seen in awhile.....and they catch fish!

my vote is for fishing freak's american flag pikie. :kewl:

oh and my glass needlefish:hihi:

I wood totally agree: everything that has been posted here has been"just reinventing the wheel"even my lobster...given time everything comes around again from[r.i.p] past builder's not yet discovered by new builder's.There's been many a great plug built by alot of new builder's to single out a few.

The Freaks painted flag plugs are just awesome

all of them...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...k/DSC05084.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...k/DSC05087.jpg


hmm,,, plugs bye members of this site?
here's my favorites....in no particular order..

ALL of them..
every one is special to me :kewl:

Amongst the builders here, I feel like a kid in the Candy Store with a nickel! I don't know what to grab first, so I promise myself to steal that design, no that one, oo look at that! Well, you know what I mean. Lately though, I can't get enough of the older, more traditional designs. But they all seem to have a gravitational field....

mrpogie for sure. Paint and everything is flawless :kewl: freak's flag plugs are always cool. Some talent in his painting skills. Same with bernzy. guzz plugs look great and work real well. Picked up a lot of tips from him on topwater plugs. Definitely helped me in designing my own topwater plugs.

Jigman

people that helped me the most, telling me how to do things at the start ,gotta say Mac and Capesams. I got Bob Hahn lesson from Justplugit..darter lessons from lifshvermont. Floyd Roman lesson Vineyardblues and knuckle head..predator lesson knuckle head .. hanger lesson Gary2,,all told me straight up what i needed to know .. Thanks for tin foil lesson FishinFreak ...Mike Fixter told me alot .. And all the little bits and pieces .. I gotta say I've learned from the best ...all of u... thanks eddy spagehtti

There is a method to my madness (to be revealed much later):musc: . This is not a philospohical discussion of the plug arts on a grand scale - just the opinions of the members here of influential plugs from other members here....

I think JohnR is looking for builders who may have stirred the pot a bit? Got others thinking maybe with an original idea or a new spin on the old wheel?? Innovative and thinking out of the box perhaps?? Is that what you want JohnR?

Nope - what I am looking for is either plugs from this site that have influenced you, made you want to cast real bad to a bass, or said "H&%*(# Sh27#^&# - That's $^^%*& AWESOME!!!"

Not pot stirring at all, in fact, plugs which everyone rates two thumbs way up :btu: :btu:

And pictures :D

Habs

CHUMBUCKET :bl:
VB

I would have to second the Freak Flag plug.....That thing is like Kryptonite.

When you get near it or hold it you get Dizzy and Weak in the knees.

Yes, finally someone said Chumbucket :kewl:

http://www.bmwoodworking.com/brucefi...umsurfster.JPG

http://www.bmwoodworking.com/brucefishing/chum.jpg

http://www.bmwoodworking.com/brucefi...um_bunk_32.jpg

how can ya not be influenced by this artists' work?

Another would have to be Mr. Pogie, and I am sure he was influenced by Stan Gibbs since his bottle plugs simply blow away any Gibbs paintjob I have ever seen.
There are many others that I can list that influence me, as far as inspiring me to experiment, then I'd have to go with Bassmaster and Gary2 and Tony Stetzko Sr. for a couple of names.
I find it very difficult to put one person above the rest but having said that, Chum's work speaks for itself.
Mike Fixter helped me out alot as well as many others, we all help each other, even that Habs guy helps :wave:

Mr.Pogie examples :
http://www.bmwoodworking.com/brucefishing/mrpogie.jpg

freakflag
http://www.bmwoodworking.com/brucefishing/flagpikie.jpg

my list is:
capesams
PNG
Bassmaster
Chumbucket
Mr. Pogie

Yep.. Chum is waaaay out front, for sure, Mr. Pogie, Guzz too.

OJ needles rock too, as do Slipknot tigerneedles.

CS Norris laminated squids

lot of plugs rock in here, and the guys that make them too.
like Tagger said, lot of guys help ya out too, if not on board, than thru PM. lifishvt, MAC, PNG... list too long... ALLL GOOD.

:kewl:

Gary2....always ahead of the curve, paint wise and originiality wise, the craftsmanship of his hand carved are second to none.
Bernzy...Amazing painter and plug maker, hell of a nice guy too. Howdys have to be one of the best new wood plugs to come around in a while.
It doesnt get more influential than these two guys and their plugs.:)

I honestly have to say i have been influenced by every member's plugs on this board.

Somehow, to me, each plug has a piece of the character,personality and soul of the builder built into it, and thats the thing that means the most to me.:)

Well... the plug that made me want to build was the OJ needlefish. I'm sure many of you have seen the picture of about 6 or 7 of them in that tasty purple color sitting in a coffee cup on a windowsill. I saw that and I said oh man this is going to get expensive. I actually lost sleep that night (honest) thinking about how to get started. PNG's paint jobs have influenced me a lot too, as well as Bernzy, Tobias, and Tagger. Construction and tweaking-wise I have learned alot from Capesams, BM, Gary2 and MAC. But evryone has influenced me at one time or another. I'll try and find that pic of the OJ needles it's actually beautiful... brings a tear to your eye :crying:

here it is

That's some serious plug porn :usd:

-spence

" plugs which everyone rates two thumbs way up :btu: :btu:"

well! if we're voting,,for someone who has come up fast, has plug's that hold up well,,are wanted by the general public here and off site even more, has more color's than what is posted and get's more pos. comment's on a great job of building fine bait's,,[sounds like a gd advertisement :hihi: ] it would have to be M ,,,crud! ran outta ink,,hold please/////////// all better now........MAC.

and no,,I wasn't bribed in any way.

OK...gave this some thought! I got into this plug building thing after coming on this site and seeing all of the beautiful work that all of you do.....I was blown away! I then got a nite going at MSBA the past 3 years each August called "Plug Night"! It was to pay homage to the wooden plug and to the many builders and their great and beautiful work! Because I was so inspired by many of you and was fortunate enough to get to know many of you and many of you helped me a great deal along the way....guys like #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, Capesams, MAC and Slipknot....anytime I had a question one of you was there to help and thanks! I also had read a couple of articles in OTW that ran pretty close together a few years ago......one was about #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& himself and the great work he does and how he got started....the other was about Habs and Tattoo and their great work and how they got started, there was also an article there about BM and Slipknot that was great......all great articles and they really inspired me to give this a try but the thing that put me over the edge was at the first "Plug Night" at MSBA....Bassmaster was the featured speaker and he was great as always.....just a great speaker and a great teacher and I was hanging on every word! That night BM was selling a used Grizzly lathe and a scroll saw for $100.00 and I jumped on them and it was all over for me after that....I was bitten hard by the plug building bug!:laugha: Look at me now....building a shop in my new garage dedicated to me making plugs...I got lots invested in great tools, I have learned alot and I am still starving for more!:drool: I continue to see so many great people building so many absolutely beautiful plugs....it just blows my mind! I have met many good folks in here, and made many great friends (I hope) one of them is Afterhours....man he makes some nice plugs too, he really puts his heart and soul into them just like Habs and Tattoo and Salty.....these are some great people to know and we are fortunate enough to have them here in this site.....and I see so many others turning great plugs right out of the chute....this truely is the best plug building forum on the web...just chock full of talent, competitive spirit and a willingness to help each other out! Just a few examples of inspiration for me personally...and I thank you all!:thanks: