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Old 01-25-2011, 10:00 PM   #1
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It's been a while
I haven't posted here for a long time, so I thought I'd throw these up. They were made for a friend to fish freshwater.

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Old 01-25-2011, 10:02 PM   #2
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Few more.
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Old 01-25-2011, 10:32 PM   #3
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Beautiful work.... great shapes and fantastic colors and finish... the orange plug is my favorite
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Old 01-25-2011, 11:00 PM   #4
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Fantastic stuff!! I've offten thought about doing some fresh water stuff, what do they weigh?
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Old 01-25-2011, 11:58 PM   #5
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Great stuff man, your scale technique is very unique. very cool effect.

Stuff looks great as always.
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Old 01-26-2011, 04:57 AM   #6
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Thumbs up welcome Back HP
Great Plugs ,,,,,,
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Old 01-26-2011, 05:40 AM   #7
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Great detail!!! Love the skull!
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Old 01-26-2011, 08:21 AM   #8
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your friend is a lucky person

thanks for posting
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Old 01-26-2011, 08:35 AM   #9
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Very nice work
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Old 01-26-2011, 01:38 PM   #10
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Nice work. Those look great. I just finished up a couple of my first freshwater (paint schemed) plugs recently myself.
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Old 01-26-2011, 01:55 PM   #11
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those are great! Love the red skull one
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Old 01-26-2011, 05:35 PM   #12
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Awesome job!!!

What size are those little guys? can you give more info on the skull bait? Is that candy? love to know more about the details!

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Old 01-26-2011, 08:28 PM   #13
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Thanks for the nice comments.

I never did weigh those plugs. They were about 3.5 in. long. I put weight in some of them, and no weight in others. I knew I wasn't going to have a chance to test them. They were made with red cedar which I don't use often.

The red plug has a gold metalic base (autoair), the skull (from a stencil, then shaded), and a candy apple red (AA) on top. If you want the cand apple color, you have to use a gold base. It's hard to photograph these, and they look more 3D in person.

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Old 01-27-2011, 11:42 AM   #14
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FANTASTIC , love the SKULL one, thats got me think'in (STENCIL) thanks for the TIP I believe I have one of your PLUGS
how about this one,
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Old 01-27-2011, 04:34 PM   #15
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Nice plugs. Like the shapes and paint is....!
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Old 01-27-2011, 04:47 PM   #16
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Nice work. Those look great. I just finished up a couple of my first freshwater (paint schemed) plugs recently myself.
Hey JMAC post the avatar pic on a regular post. I would like to see those paint jobs.
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Old 01-27-2011, 08:59 PM   #17
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Saltydog,

That does look familiar! Makes me want to go paint some more flames!

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Old 01-28-2011, 07:39 AM   #18
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Highpockets, please do
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