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Old 01-04-2007, 04:29 PM   #1
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Polaris knockoff's

Made these for my three brother-in-laws for Christmas. I've always been inspired by YoungSalt's polaris (there just so clean) and the looks of a superstrike, so I thought I would give them a try. 6" 2oz.

By the way...they went over well.
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Old 01-04-2007, 04:34 PM   #2
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Made these for my three brother-in-laws for Christmas. I've always been inspired by YoungSalt's polaris (there just so clean) and the looks of a superstrike, so I thought I would give them a try. 6" 2oz.

By the way...they went over well.
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Old 01-04-2007, 04:39 PM   #3
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Very Shweeeet!!! That red head was a good color for me this past year.

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Old 01-04-2007, 04:44 PM   #4
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Old 01-04-2007, 04:45 PM   #5
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They look nice, I don't fish plugs very often, and I'm sure this has been discussed/done, but do you guys (plug fishers) ever fish these plug backwards?
looks like a nice squid if you removed the rear hook and tied your line on there.
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Old 01-04-2007, 05:07 PM   #6
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Old 01-04-2007, 05:31 PM   #7
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They don't get betta than those.

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Old 01-04-2007, 05:36 PM   #8
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Very nice and clean you nailed them.
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Old 01-04-2007, 05:41 PM   #9
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OHBoy, those are nice!!!

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Old 01-04-2007, 06:09 PM   #10
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Nicely done

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Old 01-04-2007, 07:30 PM   #11
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'scuse the language but those are fu**ing perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why even try.........
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Old 01-04-2007, 08:49 PM   #12
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Very nice work,

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Old 01-04-2007, 09:08 PM   #13
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very impressive. wish i was related!you sure that bottom one isn't plastic?

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Old 01-04-2007, 09:12 PM   #14
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very Super Strike ,,, yummy .

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Old 01-04-2007, 10:24 PM   #15
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those are sweeeeeeeet..... Nice job
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Old 01-04-2007, 11:28 PM   #16
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Old 01-05-2007, 07:13 AM   #17
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They look great!
Those are real good knockoffs of Youngsalts' knockoffs of superstrikes'
keep up the good work.

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Old 01-05-2007, 08:31 AM   #18
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Those are sweet!! Lucky bro in laws!!!!

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Old 01-05-2007, 09:37 AM   #19
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Job well done Kris.

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Old 01-05-2007, 12:16 PM   #20
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AHHH poppers!! Nice looking plugs. How are they weighted?
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Old 01-05-2007, 03:21 PM   #21
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Thanks for all the comliments guys. Fun to actually finish some plugs again.

Fishsmith...there are some guys on here that make really nice squids. Don't think you could really just flip these, without totally changing the weighting.

Charleston...shot of lead in front of hook hole and another load in the rear. Made them from AYC. They sit at a 45 in the water. I played around with weighting a little bit, but this seemed to do the trick. Made myself a couple too, so we'll see if the fish think their weighted right.
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