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March 1....so where you guys at building wise?? Still turning, still building??? Done building and getting ready for the coming season???? What up? Whats cookin'! Lets see some pics of your stash!! Spring is here.......what do you have for this seasons plugging?!?! Lets see um'!:eyes:

I'm on another Datah binge.... big darters ...small darters...designs by Pinkney,Gibbs and Fretch.. and a few of my own as well... I've got a Musso body that the professor gave me I plan on making latter this week... I actualy made a new jig specific for the large 6 7/8 Pinkney style... used in conjunction with my angle jig, i can make a finished datah ( once the body is turned) in just a few minutes...It works so well , I'm going to make the attachment to fit all the other styles I make... I've turned, shaped , drilled and sealed about two dozen ( 6 -8 of each kind) since Sunday..

I've got two dozen ( 1 large 1 small) pencils in primer that I've got to paint... I've got sand eels to paint as well.. alot to do in a short time....after two week ends of striper related activities.. i'm hankering for spring..OH.. and there are a few dozen epoxied assorted plug bodies on my bench that need assembelly...I just need some time..

As of right now done turning and building.

Going to concentrate my time on fishing and enjoying my life.

Over the next few months will re set up my shed for turning and be ready to go when the time comes.

Have a lot of stuff for this season!!! More than I'll need. Have all by bases covered dannys, pencils, spooks, needles, some flaptail hybrid things, peanuts, trollers, assorted metal lips and jointeds.

I just made an inexpensive plug display board I'll post up with pics of everything for the season.

Still would love to turn some cowboy jrs and ccbc 7400 surfsters though. Next time!!
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Not much made. Too cold in the garage and what I did get done was mainly just me dinking around with paint. Need to try and make a dozen more just for some solid colors. I will build all year though anyways. I just pick away at it.

I'll make up some solid yellow, white, pink and blue/whites for March.

Sad to Say.......I didn't make plug one this year. :bc:

Moving is going to cut into my spring turning season, but with summer off I have time to spin between odd jobs I do for some of the older ladies I teach with.

Still need to build up reserves of the basics.
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I have about 30 primed and ready for paint and I'm still building some new smaller batches. Just finished the first 4 in the last few days (previously posted over the weekend). It will still be winter here in WI for quite some time, and I won't be able to fish for Musky until the middle of May, end of May up north.

Excited to see what everyone is working on.

MS

hit the wall with building, working on the house

mother nature left me with a pile of headaches....lost all my fish in my

pond...it's smells of death in it...hopefully i will be able to clean it up and get it running when the weather allows

I've got what I need to start the season done. I've still got some paint to do from that last batch, and I'm working on ones and twosies of stuff I had started, put down and then never finished.

I turned 1/2 a dozen darters a month ago that I still need to finish, then its on to jig heads, pouring some rubber and maybe wrapping a 132 1L, not sure on that yet... Clocks ticking, 2 months to go...

BEEN STRUGGLING ON SOME DANNIES IM DOING FOR A SWAY, OTHER THAN THAT MADE NUTHING NEW TRYING TO GET SHOP ORGANIZED AND ORDERED A VEGA FEW WEKKS AGO STILL WAITN FOR THAT TO ARRIVE. THEN THE IME AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SET IT UP,LOL


RENE

im loosing my painting / building area, so i am finishing up the ones i started and looking for a new spot. also looking for a house to rent in SoCo with a garage basement and 2 bedroom, if anyone know of anything please let me know, West Warwick Coventry area is ok as well.

Still turning and building, had a chance to test some new (classic's) last week so I will now turn more of them. Trying to catch up with painting also, and finish up some that I had put aside and forgot about.
Have enough made for myself for the coming season, just building for a few friends now and then I will be doing some reproductions.
And Prof.M, I have an idea for the eelskin Nike which I may work on very soon!

Contact Clammer....

Right now I am building mostly stuff for a swap I am involved in but I still like to go back to my side project(s) to take a break. I have more than I can fish for the coming season, especially after Plug Fest. I will build a few more of my peanuts and some stuff to give away when I am fishing but no big batches for a while.

Here is a pic of the latest batch of hand carved blanks, ready for sealing. A man's bouquet. :cheers: And a prototype squid I am fiddling with.
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I was done building, but then started making a few more of the ones I really like. These three are my favorites so far.

Top is a Pichney jointed sandeel copy.

Middle is a medium 6.5" conrad and weighs 2.5 oz. Its bigger than the conrad jr, but smaller than the sr.

Bottom is a bluestreak/A-40 style swimmer. Its got a bluestreak body w/A-40 lip and weighting scheme.

BB- Nice size for that Conrad and the hybrid Blue Streak/Atom 40

The conrad is real cool. I only made a few, but will do up a bunch more prior to the season. I am also going to make a few slope head models for the canal and fast water areas I fish.

Enough with the frilly metal lip stuff.........go make some darters so you can learn to catch some fish.

I just started. Some pencils and a few modifications to a plug I have working on for awhile now
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Been turning a bunch of odd ball metal lips and a batch of spooks and pencils to replace the ones that have been trashed. That and working on a bunch of replica swap plugs.

i had reached out to him last summer he said he only does sales and not rentals. But thanks for the advice

Darters? :laugha:

I'd like to actually catch a fish on one first before I build one...I still don't even know where to attach the line on one of the damn things yet.

I just spit coffee all over my key board... thanks for the laugh George!

Got about 30 made and ready to paint. Too cold to paint outside yet. My shop is heated but I paint in the garage. I guess I will build a vented paint booth. Plugs are all trollers, Goo Goos, Danny knock offs, Bills, and a few originals.

Finished up some small flaptails. 4 1/2" and 2 oz. Wanted a smaller flaptail to use and borrowed some ideas from a few others on these.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a.../mrchwd005.jpg

Can't stop with the Goo Goo's. Thanks to everyone who helped with info on these, especially Eric W, Seabuggy, and Prof M. Made a few for freshwater using colorado blades for lips. These need a little more tweaking but its a good start.

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a.../mrchwd006.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a.../mrchwd007.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a.../mrchwd009.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/a.../mrchwd008.jpg

Just need to make some pencils and thats about it.

They all look great Ted, all your builds are so clean.

Douglas