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Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 04-05-2013, 11:59 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,403
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
thinning etex

Has anyone used thinned etex as a topcoat? I usually use sys3 clear coat but I'm out. I'm not that into it anymore and didn't have great luck with it last time so I bought it so I picked up some...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-15-2013, 05:19 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 25,575
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Thanks guys. See you all tomorrow...

Thanks guys. See you all tomorrow...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-15-2013, 10:03 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 25,575
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Does anyone have a digital scale that they can...

Does anyone have a digital scale that they can bring along?

Mine's dead and I wanted to weigh some tail weights from some older plugs to see what I need to add to the new ones..
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 10-21-2012, 02:54 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 25,451
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
My best ever plug fish courtesey of one of...

My best ever plug fish courtesey of one of George's yellow/white hab's knockoffs he gave me at plugfest a couple of years ago... That plug would be retired if I hadn't lost it later that night... 41...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 04-27-2012, 08:09 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 25,451
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
2012 fish on custom wood

Looks like we need to get the ball rolling. Here's my first on a homemade for 2012, on one of the blems I posted last week. :uhuh:
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 04-19-2012, 07:36 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,044
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
blems..

Thats a good title for this group. :) I had a serious motivation problem his year, and for the most part just tried to make do with left over wood, paint & cloudy epoxy. Sucks that michaels...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 02-12-2012, 07:48 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,815
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
I've done it both ways, and I don't think I've...

I've done it both ways, and I don't think I've really noticed a difference in performance.

But for me, it is many times easier to work with the turned blanks if they still have the square ends...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 10-29-2011, 09:02 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,681
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
I need to make replacement darters and pencils. ...

I need to make replacement darters and pencils. They seem to be about the only wood I consistantly catch on.

Need to make some super thin super heavy needles that can cast into a very strong...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 06-12-2011, 10:03 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,351
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
mack pattern

I think I nailed this one. It looks perfect and the action was unbelievable. :rotf2:

I just took this so I'd have something to go by next time. Thought it might help if anyones trying to do a...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 05-20-2011, 01:23 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 19,543
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Here's a couple from yesterday. My first fish on...

Here's a couple from yesterday. My first fish on a spook, nothing great but it's a start. And here's a pretty good fish on a pencil. 42" 26# on the boga.
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 04-11-2011, 04:14 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,652
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Those look great. It's always nice when they...

Those look great. It's always nice when they come out the same.
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 04-05-2011, 06:03 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,969
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
I love the body shape of the flaptails. I need...

I love the body shape of the flaptails. I need to try something with the tie under the chin like that.
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 04-05-2011, 05:59 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,957
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Nice stuff Paul. I think George is off by one. ...

Nice stuff Paul. I think George is off by one. The yellow swimmer under that slopehead :drool:
Forum: Rod Building 03-26-2011, 03:40 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 9,646
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Well I picked up 2 blanks today, a gsb 120 1M and...

Well I picked up 2 blanks today, a gsb 120 1M and a Century Stealth (10foot rated 2-4). Boy are the century rods nice. I'd have liked to have brought home 3 or 4 of those.
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-25-2011, 12:58 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,728
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
It is tight, so I guess it depends on your...

It is tight, so I guess it depends on your process.

I always wire before I epoxy, so I have the nose and tail loops to work with and I use them to hold the plugs withouth getting my fingers in...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-25-2011, 08:32 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,728
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Eric, my spinner has a 12" disc and I can do a...

Eric, my spinner has a 12" disc and I can do a dozen at a time. My hooks are a couple inches in from the outside edge of the circle, and i think theres like 2 1/2 inches between hooks.
Forum: Rod Building 03-24-2011, 06:16 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 9,646
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
I still haven't pulled the trigger on anything. ...

I still haven't pulled the trigger on anything. I was all set to build an ssu1201m and then I talked to a friend who snapped 2 ssu's casting last year. So for now thats off the list. Either I...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-16-2011, 12:24 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 7,033
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Very nice, and thanks for sharing how you fish...

Very nice, and thanks for sharing how you fish them. I bet atleast 1/2 my hits on darters are triggered by a small twitch.
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-12-2011, 08:56 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,096
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
slim plugs

I seem to be on a slim plug kick lately. I refinished a pencil the Greek gave me last year that I really liked, and tried to make a few more since I liked it so much. The original one is the yellow...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-09-2011, 11:46 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,579
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
If you are checking for roll, take a sharpie and...

If you are checking for roll, take a sharpie and draw a line along the top of a primed prototype, make it run down the length of the plug.
It makes roll real obvious, not that all roll is bad, but...
Forum: Rod Building 03-07-2011, 01:11 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,008
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
Thanks for the info guys. Funny enough it turns...

Thanks for the info guys. Funny enough it turns out I have a friend who has one and I didn't know it. He offered to let me test cast his and see how it feels. It sounds like it should do what I...
Forum: Rod Building 03-07-2011, 07:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,008
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
blank suggestions. SSU or gsb ?

I'm building a new rod for using in the wetsuit throwing light bucktails, darters, metal lips, eels and topwater @ dawn. So it's got to be able to do a little bit of everything.

I typically use...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 03-01-2011, 08:01 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,676
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
I've got what I need to start the season done. ...

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.
...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 02-25-2011, 03:22 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,605
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
This made me laugh. I was going to go down and...

This made me laugh. I was going to go down and take a picture of my lead pile, but most of that gets used for jig heads...
Forum: Plug Building - Got Wood? 02-25-2011, 03:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,605
Posted By Diggin Jiggin
I hear ya Mike. when I'm done with the last of...

I hear ya Mike. when I'm done with the last of the stuff I've got going I'll turn ya some stuff for tuna.. all it's gonna cost ya is an invite :grins:

Eric, PM me your address. I have...
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