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12-21-2004, 06:54 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
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Flaptails
Just got these done in time for christmas..........first plugs of the winter for me.
any idea who made the old one?
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12-21-2004, 07:01 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
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i've got 2 more still on the drying rack
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12-21-2004, 07:03 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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very nice! wonder how they'll hookup w/o tail hooks?
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12-21-2004, 07:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
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flaps
Very nice work.
I wonder who is gonna claim they were his design.
Not me!
Dan  |
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12-21-2004, 07:11 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
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fan-foo-goo-tastic.
no need for tail hooks. only LARGE fish need apply 
where'd ya get the flaptails? i need a couple?
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12-21-2004, 07:18 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
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moore's lures www.mooreslures.com was the ONLY place i could find that has them. |
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12-21-2004, 07:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Great Job!!!
Bernzy
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12-21-2004, 07:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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youngsalt you are getting better and better.. those are the best batch i've seen yet  |
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12-21-2004, 08:26 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Awesome  |
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12-21-2004, 08:31 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: not a clue
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YS...I have the same lure....I havn't been able to ID it as of yet.
those you made are great looking |
BOAT fish do count.
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12-21-2004, 08:54 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
Posts: 1,025
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i was told it's a sylvester flaptail......i know he had a tackle shop, but i didn't think he made plugs - maybe he just meant that it was bought from him.
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12-21-2004, 08:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Pt Jude Surf Slapper Jr. I think
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12-21-2004, 09:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally posted by Young Salt
i was told it's a sylvester flaptail......i know he had a tackle shop, but i didn't think he made plugs - maybe he just meant that it was bought from him.
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sylvesters were much like the heddon flaptails. Jerry had a person in wakefield RI building his flaptails for him i believe... not 100% sure though |
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12-21-2004, 09:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North shore
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Ho Ho Ho..... Beg Beg Beg..... :-)
YS, the pink one, pleeeeeaaaaaaase?????? I trade you a plug or BIG Flatwing????
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12-21-2004, 10:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Hard aground
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Very nice job |
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12-22-2004, 11:55 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
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all very sweet, love the top blue and the grey/white with the scales. Real nice work YS... |
Used hard and put away dirty....
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12-22-2004, 02:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: cranston
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Great job those are sweet!
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12-22-2004, 06:23 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
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Those are perfect! Nice work!
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Domination takes full concentration..
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12-22-2004, 07:15 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
Posts: 1,025
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thanks for all the comps, these are the last two ones i made. i just float tested them in the sink, they came out just like i wanted. 2 1/8 oz. and they float nearly verticle, the blue & white and the pink ones are cypress, the others AYC
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12-22-2004, 07:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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That blue one is sweeeeet  |
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12-23-2004, 05:15 AM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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Pure ART!
..but a question...how they swim? I've seen a few different flappys and the ones that have the eye up top like a darter I can see dig but how do these swim? Others have the split/ sloped nose. I can see those imparting action like a swim plate.
These seem to have a Pikie type head yet the eye is front and center. Whats the objective to a true Flaptail?
I'd like to try one but the variations have me baffled! 
These "look" like they might slowly skim the surface like a boat laying down a wake and some slish spash from the tail...which is never a bad thing. 
Someone break down the flaptail mystery for me?! |
Hank
LIBBA 1838
MSA 905
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12-23-2004, 06:29 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Flaptails were developed for short casts from a boat or shore in rocky and/or weed covered shallow bottom. Originally designed by Heddon for freshwater bass/pike use, I have been making them for years based on Jerry Sylvesters designs and Ollie Rodmans mention of how to fish them in his book "The Saltwater Fisherman's Favorite Four". I use no weighting and work them like a spook, zigzaging them across the surface. If you are getting follows and no takes try giving them a good rip forward with the tip down towards the water, this will drive the plug just under the surface where the high cut on the head will make it swim side to side with that blade buzzing bubbles in a trail for a few feet. My best applications for this plug has been The Elizabeth Islands, Fishers Island and Pleasant Bay on Cape Cod, especially in the Strong Island area.
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Why even try......... 
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12-23-2004, 08:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Plainfield, CT
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The old one is an early Point Jude Surf Slapper. Nice work on the homemades!
Adam
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12-23-2004, 09:43 PM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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Thanks Flap
Makes sense now. So it would seem its "primariliy" a day time offer as most night time plugs are to be worked much slower.
Thanks again for the insight Capt! |
Hank
LIBBA 1838
MSA 905
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