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05-27-2006, 12:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
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First post of my work
Well I have been lurking on this board for a couple months now and I figured I would get the nerve to post one of my plugs I just finished.
First off though, I want to thank everyone that post on here, finding this site was one of the best things to ever happen to a guy like me.
I'm a lure nut like most of you and I spend all of my free time in the garage making plugs or spoons. I started making spoons about 2 years ago and I just now started making plugs. This all came about because Allan Cole and Mike Shaw wouldn't give me unpainted plugs so I could paint them. I decided the best thing to do was to just make my own. I don't own a lathe but I do have a dremel, files, air brush and good imagination.
I live in Southern California so the plug to make is big rainbows. this one isn't that big though, it only measures 8"
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05-27-2006, 12:08 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Very nice work. P.
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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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05-27-2006, 12:47 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
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Excellent work!! Welcome to the madness!!!!
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Domination takes full concentration..
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05-27-2006, 01:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
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thanks guys. I know what you mean about madness, I can't stop. here's some more pics that show it a little better. I have a really hard time taking pics for some reason.
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05-27-2006, 01:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Sweet, sweet work!
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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05-27-2006, 02:45 PM
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Tackle Junkie
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Scotts Valley , California
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Nice job , it's always good to see new wood .  |
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05-27-2006, 02:45 PM
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Certified Mass-hole
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Jackson, NJ but born and raised in Massachusetts.
Posts: 1,223
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Well you have have made one hell of a start  Very nice looking plug. As far as having the nerve to post, just do it evryone had to start sometime!!
Thanks for sharing and welcome. |
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05-27-2006, 02:52 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
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very cool  |
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05-27-2006, 06:05 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Way cool. Nothing like starting at the top.
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05-27-2006, 06:57 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Beautiful work. And now that your becoming addicited, think of all the money you'll save makin your own.  |
" Choose Life "
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05-28-2006, 12:11 AM
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Let's Rock!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wareham, MA
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Great Work!!
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05-28-2006, 07:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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First  ... uh.. excuse me, I need to go whack my lathe, drill press, band saw, etc. with a sledge hammer now  ..
Like NS said, might as well come in at the top
NICE Plug.. and JPI.. ya .. build 'em, save money... yeah.. right! |
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05-28-2006, 08:16 AM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Originally Posted by justplugit
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Yea whats he talking about ?? If I had JPI's money I'd burn mine .. Great plug .. your off and running ... lets see the blades your making .. |
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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05-28-2006, 12:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Tagger
Yea whats he talking about ?? If I had JPI's money I'd burn mine .. Great plug .. your off and running ... lets see the blades your making ..
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Thanks Everyone.
Here's some pics of the spoons I have been making for couple years now. You won't find spoons like this in the store |
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05-29-2006, 12:43 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Originally Posted by Tagger
Yea whats he talking about ?? If I had JPI's money I'd burn mine .
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Tagga,you should have alot more $ than me as you've been buildin longer.  
Beautiful blades pstick, true artistry. |
" Choose Life "
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05-29-2006, 04:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NJ
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thanks for the fix  |
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05-29-2006, 07:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Beautiful plug -- i wish my slabs would look like that!! Great finish, what did you coat them with to preserve the finish?  |
low & slow 37
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05-30-2006, 07:45 AM
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Super Moderator
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It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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05-30-2006, 11:54 AM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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SG33, you guys imitating rainbows for the hybrids, or steelhead for the salt, or both. |
" Choose Life "
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05-30-2006, 01:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 6
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Originally Posted by sportyguy33
Another builder from Cali Welcome to the maddness. Very nice jointed rainbow trout. If you ever want to swap postage would be dirt cheap Here's a rainbow I did not long ago. |
swap? lol no way man, I wouldn't even sell them. They take me way too long to make. I would be willing to paint one of yours for you though, for free of course. I'm not out to make money, I just enjoy making and painting fish.
Right now the lure is just coated with a thick layer of house of kolor clear with micro flake. I was thinking of using aristicrat but i have never used it before so I don't want to ruin my plug that took me so long to make.
The reason we make baby rainbows is because out here in the west all of our lakes are stocked with trout and the big stripers and Large mouths love them little stockers. This is the same story for the big rainbows and Browns in the higher elevation lakes. This particular plug in this thread was made to mimic the baby rainbows in the high country as they have brighter coloring. Stockers are more plain in color. |
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05-30-2006, 02:01 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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very nice, gotta love new wood
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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05-30-2006, 02:11 PM
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Plug Paladin
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Jackson, N.J.
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Originally Posted by pstick
swap? lol no way man, I wouldn't even sell them. They take me way too long to make. I would be willing to paint one of yours for you though, for free of course. I'm not out to make money, I just enjoy making and painting fish.
Right now the lure is just coated with a thick layer of house of kolor clear with micro flake. I was thinking of using aristicrat but i have never used it before so I don't want to ruin my plug that took me so long to make.
The reason we make baby rainbows is because out here in the west all of our lakes are stocked with trout and the big stripers and Large mouths love them little stockers. This is the same story for the big rainbows and Browns in the higher elevation lakes. This particular plug in this thread was made to mimic the baby rainbows in the high country as they have brighter coloring. Stockers are more plain in color.
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How long does it take you to paint that plug? |
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05-30-2006, 05:14 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Striperknight
How long does it take you to paint that plug?
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If it's hot then I can paint them in about 30 minutes with no scale patterns. If I do decide to put the scale screening on then I do as much as I can first then clear coat and let it dry a day before I touch it with the screening. I'm really big on doing several layers and paint over certain colors to create other colors. In the case of this plug, I painted the back blue then just a dusting of olive over it and then a little purple over that and then gold candy over it. The gold turns the blue green, the purple to a brown/green and to top it off it looks like it's got gold flake all through. really cool stuff. |
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05-30-2006, 09:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Where the bait is....
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looks good to me 
sporty u get that email? |
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