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02-11-2007, 01:29 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Getting ready
.....for plugfest. Some odds and ends laying around got finished.
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02-11-2007, 01:31 PM
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Dave's Guide Service
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Cape Cod
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hows that pencle work? is it easyer to werk than a regular pencle and hows that little swimmer on the bottom swim looks
good
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02-11-2007, 01:31 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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........and an end shot of the bass seeker knockoff. Yeah, I know, use a grommet....! Too lazy.
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02-11-2007, 01:32 PM
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Registered User
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Ces't bon mon amis!  |
Why even try......... 
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02-11-2007, 01:48 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Neba glaub tervanti !!! ,, Who made the bass seeker... ? |
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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02-11-2007, 01:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Quick question for all you plug builders.
We people be selling at plugfest? Just to off set all their hard labor!
VB
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02-11-2007, 02:24 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vineyardblues
Quick question for all you plug builders.
We people be selling at plugfest? Just to off set all their hard labor!
VB
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?????? That raises another question .. What kind of event is plugfest ? I been telling people its just builders.. They wanted to post it "over there" last year and I said,, I believe its just builders.. If it is a general public thing,, people better keep a better eye on thier plugs . |
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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02-11-2007, 04:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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You've been making some really nice and interesting looking stuff. Can't wait to see some of it next weekend.
I've finally got my first batch of the year on the spinner now...
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02-11-2007, 04:45 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tagger
Who made the bass seeker... ?
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I think Paw Paw did, Eddy. It was one of the baits that got them going, I believe (but don't bank on it). Most of them had a deeply cupped face, almost popper style, but some were flat like mine. It swims pretty well............actually, too well........it has more action than I like in a swimmer. Tried to slow it with a heavy tail hook, but that brings the nose too high and it looses its bite. Maybe that's why they cupped the face. I'll probably upsize the belly trebles and put a tail on it (maybe with a little weight back there as well).
Dave, regarding the pencils, I don't think they are anything special. They're just an upsized version of a throw away (single hook) bluefish plug I made by the dozens when I was much younger. They're easy to work, with a lot of splash and short zigags, but for bass I find the slower gliding action of a 2 1/2 oz Gibbs very hard to beat (I think the Gibbs is one of the three best bass plugs ever built). |
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02-11-2007, 05:21 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Nice. Look forward to seeing them in person
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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02-11-2007, 05:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
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looking great George...why no belly hook on the small needle?..
or, do I just not see it?
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02-11-2007, 05:40 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl F
looking great George...why no belly hook on the small needle?..
or, do I just not see it?
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Like everyone else, I had to try a pocket rocket.....again (I've made them before but never had much faith in them, Tim Coleman aside, and they're too light for the tackle I use). That little bugger has 3" of 7/32 through wire weight in it. Weighs about 1.4 oz with a 5/0 siwash. Still lighter than I like. |
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02-11-2007, 05:42 PM
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I'd still throw a belly treble on that.. I've seen it done, and it works well...
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02-11-2007, 05:49 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl F
I'd still throw a belly treble on that.. I've seen it done, and it works well...
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Probably should. It would add a little more weight. Needles are strange creatures, weight 'em level and they go deep, weight 'em in the butt and they plane right to the top. I'm finding bottles are even more mysterious. So much to learn, so much to screw up.  |
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02-11-2007, 05:56 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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It looks like a Pocket Rocket, Nice color to
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02-12-2007, 01:12 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Here are a few more. The brown one was supposed to be a squid color, but looks more like a turd.  |
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02-12-2007, 01:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
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George, for the bottle darters or even on a regular bottle swimmer, how do you shape the front lip ? I'm guessing you start on a band saw but how do you round the sides ??
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02-12-2007, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Back in my youth, antything resembeling a turd in the Merrimack river got devoured... looking at the shape/design of those plugs... the color probably wont matter.... they will be eaten happily anyways...
looking foreward to seeing them in person.
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02-12-2007, 01:37 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin
George, for the bottle darters or even on a regular bottle swimmer, how do you shape the front lip ? I'm guessing you start on a band saw but how do you round the sides ??
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I'll PM you a link to Mr Pogies thread on this subject (one that still has pictures). Basically you layout the shape, rough out some waste with a saw, sand back to the linetie level with a sanding drum, then tilt the plug up or down to cut the sweep back to the layout lines.
There is a lot more to it than the thread explains, getting the curve correct and how you weight the plug changes things a lot, but the actual shaping by a sanding drum, after roughing out most of the waste is pretty easy. |
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02-12-2007, 01:54 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Hey George those are very nice. Beautiful job. Maybe if I make it over someday  for a hand carve lesson you can show me one of those too? |
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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02-12-2007, 02:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Numbskull,
VERY nice. Consider adding another shot of weight into that rocket about where a forward treble would go. Should push the weight close to 2 ozs. Maybe then you could use it with your tackle? I know the original Danny's came in various weights. One I have has 4 slugs of lead. Remember: the original was meant to be a "Wooden Hopkins" - the Hopkins it was imitating was the No=Eql
(2 ounce model.) Size 3 1/2
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
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02-12-2007, 03:25 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
Maybe if I make it over someday for a hand carve lesson you can show me one of those too? |
Absolutely, it would make my day. |
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02-12-2007, 03:27 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Numbskull,
VERY nice. Consider adding another shot of weight into that rocket about where a forward treble would go. Should push the weight close to 2 ozs. Maybe then you could use it with your tackle? I know the original Danny's came in various weights. One I have has 4 slugs of lead. Remember: the original was meant to be a "Wooden Hopkins" - the Hopkins it was imitating was the No=Eql
(2 ounce model.) Size 3 1/2
DZ
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DZ, thank you for the input, I'll try it. |
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02-12-2007, 04:43 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Ya just keep knockin the cover off the ball, George.  |
" Choose Life "
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02-12-2007, 06:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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George - that bass seeker is awesome. Will you have it at plugfest? I have got to get a closer look. As usual - great work.  |
low & slow 37
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02-12-2007, 07:38 PM
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Super Moderator
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Lookin good George 
Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Absolutely, it would make my day.
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Have Paul come by and get me on the way  I'd love to see your laboratory someday too. |
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02-12-2007, 08:33 PM
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Registered User
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
Lookin good George
Have Paul come by and get me on the way I'd love to see your laboratory someday too. |
Wear protective gear, trust me.... |
Why even try.........
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