Couple of Musso/SS Designs in wood
 

My shop has been down all summer due to a renovation project at my house... new family room/kitchen and updated bathroom

These are the 1st plugs I have made since April

8.25 " Musso Wadd needle... my first black over orange plug.. Chef tells me that this is a killer color... I need to make a few darters with this pattern now

And a SS popper weighted heavy for distance casting at the canal... made it in birch and you can see the 3 diameters I used for pouring mucho lead.... 1/2, 3/8, and 5/16 thats a lot of lead... even heavier than Steve's new 2 3/4 red eyed version.... but will it swim like the real deal

and one more with the weighting locations

That's my go to needle color, and lately Redfin and ss darter
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Looks like a sea robin and lobster and even maybe choogies have a similiar color
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Good choice of needle and color. You can fish that one with confidence.

They look good. You should do some Habs style poppers. Always had more luck with that style than the polaris style. Nice needlefish!

here is a black over orange (lobstah) 2 OZ darter made to resemble the original Musso 2 OZ wood model... Numbskull has perfected this design... incredible plug

Tasty, tasty, tasty.

I use mine with 2/0 trebles even though it will swim with 3/0's. I've not tried a siwash. I like the weight closer to 1.5-1.6 oz. The example I copied must have been a light one (the intended weight was 2 oz) but they have fished so well I did not change. I have taken most of my night fish over the last 2 years with this plug including several in the high 20# range. Casts very well, even with a big rod. Mine have been made from basswood, but they cut up from hook swing very quickly.

I have been making mine from soft maple or birch and they weigh 1 3/4 to 1 7/8 rigged with the cut 3/0 and 5/0 dressed siwash.... this is my go to night plug when fishing rocky areas

nice needle. the smaller ones you made me have been producing well, though the chartruse got rubbed off in the rocks recently.

I can make you another chartruese one this winter or sooner if you need it for the fall run. Any pictures of the needles in the mouths of 30lb fish?

Blond,
Try some black over yellow - the New Yawkas loved it.

DZ

Joisey too!!

Sweet looking Pluggage!!

I gotta get one of those red/yellow pencils from you that you had at cutty!

(yes, I am a shameless plug ho) :)

Red over yellow was ago to color back in the late 80s-early 90s.

Made 3 more Musso Seniors... a 8 inch troller version 1 , a Pine with surface swimmer lip(yellow) (Lefty 2 top slot), and a Deep Diver with Pikie 3 lip. The troller will be visiting Plymouth Harbor behind a tin boat on Friday