The two "D"s
 

Darters and Dannys of coarse...

the Darters are a copy of Jack Frech's large Montauk darter, using two different sketches with demensions, Idid the best I could to replicate it,I'm pleased wit the results, his were made from birch, I did make some from birch,most of these these are made from Duglass fir, which is cose in desity to birch, it just has a crush rating slightly lower.. I made a few from pine as well, both swam equaly as well... these are heavy plugs (3.50-3.75 ounces) and require lively water to make them do their thing, after a test in the Ipswich river rapids, I took to the to the mouth of the merrimack for a "real" test.... on a dropping tide they pulled hard and dug deep, I kept waiting for the strike that never came... 2 more months...

The Danny's will be in the next post:

These are my large danny's, being just shy of 8" and weighing 3.5 ounces thanks to heavy weighting and a pine body... they tend to roll alot less and snake a litttle better than their WRC cousins I make...I also feel that keeping the hooks tight to the body also aids in controlling the roll...

2 solid plugs right there... nice job

Joe your killing me! I turn two bodies a night and feel good about myself and then you go an post this.......I wish I had the get up and go you do.

As usual my friend, just gorgeous stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:kewl::uhuh:

ARGH, I GOT TO GET OFF MY ASS AND TURN MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smart move waiting until after Plugfest to build those. Otherwise there would have been a stampede. Either that or Flap would have attached himself you to like a 7 foot leech. Beautiful job on both.

Nice Joe. You mind Pm'ing me on how you weighted the dannies. I am curious.

Ayup, me three...
Awesome!

WOW Enough said

sweet
 

great job:wave:

:love::drool::love::drool:WOW Im in love w/ the Darters Blind Yellow, an the Last blind one. put me on your LIST when you got time:humpty:
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN:cheers2:

Nice plugage :cheers2:

Jigman

Very nice.More classic's..
Drill the front of a danny up on a angle to shorten the belly swivel.

Joe Rockfish9,
The Flaptail told me how to find you, so I could thank you once again for giving me that big blue Surfster out of your bag at Plugfest...to "field test". I will be doing just that come May, and I think I know exactly where. I o u 1. Sauerkraut.

Your welcome and you owe me nothing... just catch 'em up!