New Gibbs lures

[luds]

Originally Posted by lurch

I was in the M&Ds today and noticed the new "pro series" plugs. They look just like some of the Habs plugs...whats the scoop?

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They look just like them but you can see the difference in quality. I'm also not convinced that VMC's on those plugs are the same quality that Hab's, Tattoo etc. use. Kind of looks like the hooks that come on a Yozuri pencil popper.

[Flaptail]

They fish just fine, Sugar pine as opposed to Maple so they stay up near the surface more. More to it than meets the eye though.

[JHABS]

More to it than meets the eye though.[/QUOTE] ..........................You got that right Flap...................

[NIB]

U know what flap ur defense of Gibbs crap don't hold water anymore sorry.IT IS NO LONGER STANS COMPANY.
The pencils r Crap.Fishem for a 1/2 hr an they no longer work.soak up water like a sponge.U gotta buy 3 or 4 an rotate thru em then hang em in front of he dehumidifier to use em the next day.needed pencils this spring had to go to em.first thing I do is cut the wire an rewire em wit spro swivels.Cause i had fish just rip thier swivels apart. I have seen some other amazing stuff.like the wire ripped thru the plug.I use a harder wire that don't bend over when a 3 oz plug bounces on a rock.
Throw away the joke of a hook MUSTAD an use a 6x 4/0 front an a 5/0 rear VMC;'s.then I could fish em with confidence.Nice for a plug that cost 18 bucks.
Thats why a got a few habs for the smaller stuff.An 10 from Mac.plus the ones I make myself over the winter I should be alright.That is i won't have to use the CRAP.FROM GIBBS.

[DaveS]

One day back in July I bought 3 Gibbs Pencils and like NIB, I had to get em cuz I needed em. Anywayz, by the end of the day only 1 was left fishable with 2 of them destroyed, cracked from tail to nose. Lesson learned eh? Never again will I buy Gibbs lures when for 2 or 3 bucks more I can get Mac's, Habs, Saltys, whoevers, and fish em right outa the package with confidence. Gibbs has gone down the toilet as far as quality is concerned.

[jim sylvester]

i think its a HUGE compliment to habs for a company like that to duplicate the style.....reason being quite simply..because HABS plugs catches BIG fish

[DaveS]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

i think its a HUGE compliment to habs for a company like that to duplicate the style.....reason being quite simply..because HABS plugs catches BIG fish

May look like a HABS but it aint. I remember my granfather telling me years ago that, " David,you can take $300 french perfume and sprinkle it all over a pile of ****, and while it may smell better, it's still a pile of ****"

[capesams]

I'll stay in the middle on this only cause I see copying going on both sides an other's doing the same thing [comm. builder's].. I do get a laugh out of the wiring thing though.....the wire in gibb;s hasn't changed in 50 year's,same stuff..but never heard boo from the old beach gang as to how it did or didn't hold up....and you may as well started on beachmaster too cause it;s the same wire he uses.Gibbs only needs to start sealing their plug's and maybe change the swivels and they'd be back to being at the top as they once were.I also see all this xxx an xxxx hardware an think it's only a market ploy..stop an look at all the old plug's an you'd think a chipmunk could destroy that,,but yet it all survived with all the 50-60-70lb fish and very few got away.....everyone has their .02 worth on thing's and complain about other's crap, but we're all guilty on one count{ we've all copied from those who came before us}