Quote:
Originally Posted by PNG
Very nice.
However I dont see the fascination with knocking off the oldies exact 
I think they are a good place to start but for me and maybe I'm a little to specific on a plugs action for a "spot" but the oldies are just that, oldies. From what Ive seen they need alot of "tweeking".
Like I said they are a good reference but from what Ive seen they were made with whats on hand to get the job done and then there's WW2 and how they got around the problem of metals etc...
Blasfamy I know, Oh well. I am not mutch of a historian of plugs so maybe I shouldnt say anything but it seems to me the best stuff came from boutique builders.
Dont get me wrong I do like the knock offs but sometimes I dont understand it...
Bring on the arrows  |
Go to Mike's shop and look at the plugs hanging there, 75% or better of them are "boutique" plugs and I have studied all of them, most are cute but not proven designs. If you study plugs in depth you find that it's mostly the proven designs that catch fish more often than not. I have over a 1000 plugs hanging in my celllar but when it comes to being confident in a plugs catching capabilities it's plugs like Beachmaster/Gibbs/Creek Chub that my hand and head go to first. These may look rather plain but Numby has done the research as far as X-rays for internal configuration and actually pouring the leads so as to be exactly as the original in weight grains, placement and design.
Boutique plugs may have a pretty face but not many are as well thought out or do the job, if they ever hit the water, as most end up hanger queens and the majority of the HQ's do end up never hitting the water.
I'll take a Numbskull rip off anyday over a boutique plug.