No Shame
 

Living or dead....I'll rip them off.
2.5 oz BM needles
Pichney Conrad JR.
Have skew, will steal.

Lookin' great George! Real nice!:drool:

dead on

sweet
 

really nice:jump:

How dare you copy a salty bugger needlefish !?!?!?? :hihi:

Master thief!!!

You are a Plug Pirate !!!!! Precision thievery at its best ...

Very nice.


However I dont see the fascination with knocking off the oldies exact:huh:

I think they are a good place to start but for me and maybe I'm a little to specific on a plugs action for a "spot" but the oldies are just that, oldies. From what Ive seen they need alot of "tweeking".

Like I said they are a good reference but from what Ive seen they were made with whats on hand to get the job done and then there's WW2 and how they got around the problem of metals etc...

Blasfamy I know, Oh well. I am not mutch of a historian of plugs so maybe I shouldnt say anything but it seems to me the best stuff came from boutique builders.

Dont get me wrong I do like the knock offs but sometimes I dont understand it...

Bring on the arrows:lasso:

Go to Mike's shop and look at the plugs hanging there, 75% or better of them are "boutique" plugs and I have studied all of them, most are cute but not proven designs. If you study plugs in depth you find that it's mostly the proven designs that catch fish more often than not. I have over a 1000 plugs hanging in my celllar but when it comes to being confident in a plugs catching capabilities it's plugs like Beachmaster/Gibbs/Creek Chub that my hand and head go to first. These may look rather plain but Numby has done the research as far as X-rays for internal configuration and actually pouring the leads so as to be exactly as the original in weight grains, placement and design.

Boutique plugs may have a pretty face but not many are as well thought out or do the job, if they ever hit the water, as most end up hanger queens and the majority of the HQ's do end up never hitting the water.

I'll take a Numbskull rip off anyday over a boutique plug.

Beautifull work George, duplicity is the best form of flattery...

I like to fish 'em, Chris. I also learn things that make me a better builder and improve my own designs (for example, did you know that BM needles are off center drilled from each end to allow the use of a heavier deeper placed nose weight?) . I agree, though, that at the end of the day what you turn out of your own design is a more meaningful measure of your building/fishing skill. It is just that I know my own designs will be much better if I learn as much as I can from the best builders that proceeded me, rather than depend only on trial and error and tweaking to get there. Thanks for bringing the issue up.

Well said. I agree and do the same.

Re-working an oldie I completely agree, like I said they didnt have the "easy" resources we have today.

Sorry for the hijack, mean nothing by it just saying is all and I agree with Flap, gimme your plugs, at least I think thats what he was saying:hihi:

C is a trouble maker.:hihi:

George is that the AYC one and did it swim like you wanted?

Good stuff as always

This would be a great T-shirt to get Flap for Christmas.

Those are nothing to be ashamed of

Boutique Plugs .. what the heck is that ,, is that like the bong store ?
I like the oldys . Like to copy and fish ... Still learning from them . Everything new isn't better ... what about old growth forest ..

beautiful work and I share your fascination for re-creating some of the classics :cheers: I just did a bunch of Atom Jr's that need to be cleared this week.

There's a reason they get to be classics.

Rip on!!!!!

Gotta love disecting and learning something about a lure. Those look absolutely perfect!

numbskull, BEAUTIFUL:shocked:
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN:cheers:

numbskull - as usual beautiful work. I think I have produced a hundred needles and am still looking for the perfect one. :buds:

paint colors & changes are so subtle on that Conrad . pink/silver/blue..taking a lesson George ..

Very nice!

These have got me fired-up.I may have to spin up a few Conrads this winter.