Well, finished my 1st plugs
 

After lots of lumber and lots of fun I finally finished a few and have more in the works. The etex has bubbles, guess I have to get outa tourch next time, sure the fish wont mind though. Now all I need is some ice free water to try them out!

And off you go! Nice job. Both the needle and the swimmer look like winners. Thanks for showing them.

watch out its addictive! as a matter of face i have to finish and seal some now

It is definitely addictive. I have several in the works, started painting with airbrush and that is as addictive as turning wood! I just finished up the other swimmer, green along the back, blue below and white belly. This is too much fun!

good for you. Congrats. Look great.

Nice job! Just wait til you catch with them!

Excellent.
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Lookin' good...off to a good start

MS

I remember when I started tying flies and the 1st trout rosevp and ate it, I am ready for sthat same feeling with a striper or blue and a plug I built!
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very nice plugs. I wish my first looked that good.

I like the shape of that needle. Keep up the good work and enjoy plug designing and building. Its very rewarding and teaches you lost about fishing.

cool needle

Welcome to the addiction!

wrikerjr
The shape of the needle was off of memory from Needle made by a friend of mine (Jason). I think his was about an inch or more shorter, mine is 7 1/2 ". I have a fairly large weight in the tail, little worried it will stand up like a cork!. All other shapes were from things I have seen on this site. When the water warms then I can start experimenting and see what works the best.

Its a very nice shape, with a tail weight the preferred method is to counterbalance that weight with a weight forward of the hook. But listen everything should be tried and experimented. For all the plugs I have made succesfully there have been utter failures and disaster that were burned to destroy the plug failed evidence.

If you need some pictures of needle weightings let me know, but certainly experiment.

Lookin Good:uhuh:
GOOD LUCK GOOD BUILDIN:gh:

Congrats, very nice work on those!