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Originally Posted by choggieman
Tlap and wahlie-
Bringing someones personal budget and employment record into an open forum like this is very, very wrong. You should watch what you say, especially about people you claim to be friends with.
Insinuating that seawolf uses other methods to aquire plugs is also very insulting. I have known him for a long time and that boy has never taken a hand out or gotten anything from anyone that he did not deserve. He works hard for everything he has and never has had a dishonest bone to him.
The price of plugs is steep, but you get what you pay for. I have caught more fish on a $5.00 bomber that any other plug, but if I can afford and think a custom $35.00 plug will bring me luck, then I will pay for it. That is my perogative. We seem to forget that these guys are busting their butts to produce these plugs as a way to pay bills, as a livelyhood in some cases. Last time I looked, there wasn't a custom plug maker I knew driving a mercedes. If the plug builder has to charge $35.00 a plug to put food on the table for his children, then more power to him. If the price tag is too steep, then I guess you'll just have to save up to buy a custom plug. You do not need to use a big dollar lure to catch fish, and there are millions of lures out there that work for a heck of a lot less money. Crying about the price of plugs is pointless, and the last time I checked nobody was holding a gun to anyones head forcing him/her to buy an expensive plug. If the price is too much- don't buy it, or whine about it either.
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This is a great point. Everything we buy has a fair market value. Apparently, the fair market value on these plugs is $35, because there is a demand for these lures. That means whether I or you choose to purchase a $20-$30-$40 lure, it is an individual choice. I would love some custom $30 plugs, but I view loosing one of those to the ocean as a serious loss. Which means I would be very careful about where and when I would use that lure. Which translates to me, not fishing that lure because of time or tide, that i deem more likely to get a hangup. So I choose not to purchase them.
I guess I am not sure why there is upset over this. If you think they are too expensive to be practicle you do not buy them. Just like every bit of tackle we purchase, there are varying degrees of quality on every product. You could pick up a cheapy combo at Wally-mart, an off the shelf ugly stick, a Loomis Rod or have a custom build. you can buy the cheapest reel you can find or a Van Staal or Saltiga. You can buy no-name or premium line, and terminal tackle. Why shouldn't there be a range of lures.
Buy the way - I feel extremely lucky to own a handful of very nice custom plugs that I won at various msba events. Including a treasured handful of Salty Buggers. I cannot wait to fish them, and guess what, if I am really succcessful, I will be buying some more custom built wood by a quality plug builder.
I guess I can step off my soap box now.
-IWK
The beauty of the situation is that they are available to everyone, but no one has to buy them. There are many choices out there, if you cannot or choose not to buy a $35 plug, fine. But for now there sure seems to be a big demand for these plugs. I am not a plug maker, nor do I care to be. but I was able to produce a well built, consistent, and predictable production of high quality plugs, and the market