Let's get this party started
 

Christmas is over, Plugfest coming, time to start building. Come on you guys, Eddy, Flap, Paul, others.......whatcha hiding? Here are two to get the juices flowing. Gave a third to Flap.....which is a waste 'cause he's got too many to start........a fourth is waiting for a repaint. Did pretty well with these things this year, even better with the bigger ones.

well anytime you wanna lose one in my plugbag, it's fine by me George :drool:

I gotta get going on something this weekend I guess.

Okay, here's what I have started lately. The needle with the bent thru wire weighs 2-3/4 oz. and should tend bottom well or keep down in a running tide. The big danny has a modified NJ Tackle atom lip I bent up myself.

All but a few are recent, about 20 more waiting for some wire to come in so I can assemble. About another 65 bodies turned/sanded waiting to be drilled.

George no fooling around with you , nice plugage :bounce:
You going do a deville this year ?
VB

PS, Karl, you have way to much wood :faga:

Blue needles, looks like some tagger influences there. Nice stuff. George I got to get me one of those thingy's. Look sweeet. K and F have been busy. True George it is time to start seeing some plugs it has been quiet. P.

Nice, Crash. Let's see some closeups of those beauties. :claps:

You came to sites on top of the heap George ,, fantastic work ,, 20+ yrs. building shines...I just did a 10 swap over there.. just turning bodys (predators)... I'm changing sealer,, experimenting,,, I'm getting set up with new stuff,, couple of things $$$$.. I have 8 handcarves knockoffs..Big O ,,bomber,,cordell,,Gary2,,top gun,plastic type stuff.. I gotta get to work on needles soon for the bag .. want to fish knockoff Pichney pocket rockets next year . Had darter revelation to stop splitting want to work on that.. Lots to do so little time .. I wish winter was longer ,.:as: .. You taught me handcarve last year George .. thanks for that... is 4 hrs a long time to make a body ?.. Crash .. Blue/whites look mint .. can you slow sink them ,, vary depth slightly adjusting speed of retrieve ? even bring them on top at slow retrieve ..

So Clean .. Thought In did a good job cleaning my shop .. still sux ... come help me . :musc:

Great thread, always enjoy seeing the new stuff.

Love that plug George.

Some owsies and some orphans.

More..

Man, you guys are crankin. :btu:

Awesome stuff, Fred. Amazing finish on those Atom/Surfsters. And the squid, are they topwater or subsurface plugs? Please post some closeups when they're done.

first pics
 

well this is my first try at posting pics, so here goes.
A few sealed and waiting for primer.

Fred, there are some mighty thick cobwebs in that basement. Is that Truro? And most importantly, and forgive me if I missed something, but what are those two blue thingies drying?

I luv the squids BTW!

Fred nice to see a cellar that looks like a cellar not some super clean modern dust free shop. Looks just like mine. Nice work too.

Did somebody say rockets? I have a few ready for tails - cannot make up my mind on feathers and colors. Black feathers and some white bucktail for good measure. Rockets for the swap!

The colors on the rockets appear blue, but are actually black with Violet Pearl X pigment rubbed over it. Grey to blue bellies with a touch of red flash. :drool:

Brother ,sounds like Spence talkin'.:hidin:

The blue thing are off center turned swimmers. found them in the reject box and finished them. The little squids are very slow sink level needles. One of my staple plugs, a skin will fit over them, too. Clinton cobwebs, they realy light up in the flash, don't they?:blush: :spidey: On the little blue things that look like Minne Balls are skin jigs, maple filled with lead. They'll also carry a curly tail.

Man! those owesies look sweeeet :bl2:

:hee:

A few protos, these have taken a lot of trial an error to finally get 'm off the lathe (in 1 piece) and into the "pool".

Couple and a three some

Very nice guys ,those offset turned swimmers look great .

nice lookin' plugs ya got there C!!

No awesome paint like you guys, but they look decent, and swim like mad. The burple/black will dive real deep, 7-10 if you let er rip. Does 2-3 on a moderatly slow retrieve, wide, eratic, sweeping action. The wannabe surfster is an owesie, and on its way to north carolina friday.

Dammmmmnnnnnnnnn! Pt Jude Cutlass reborn. I tried hard last year to pull that off, but failed miserably. VERY impressive, PNG. :btu:

No awesome paint like you guys.....that's the easy part. or should i say, most fun!:kewl:

They look near perfect to me. Very nice, thanks for showing them.

Paul - you are a craftsman. I was impressed when I saw one of them at M&D, but seeing them finished I now can only say WOW. Beautiful work. :kewl: :kewl: :kewl: You have to give me a lesson on offset turning.