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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 01-16-2007, 09:18 PM   #1
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it swam just under the surface with a killer side to side waddel to it.
i can see the fish smashing the thing this spring.
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Old 01-17-2007, 01:12 PM   #2
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Nice bottles for sure, I weight my AYC one in the tail and under the chin, the maple ones get a weight just behind the hook which is forward of center and again in the chin... I like the X ray shots....

Here are some needles and a few darters I finished this week...

big fish on, whats the weight on the plug?
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Old 01-17-2007, 04:14 PM   #3
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i want to say 1 1/2 1 3/4 not sure yet but not to heavy
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Old 01-17-2007, 05:20 PM   #4
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Nice bottles for sure, I weight my AYC one in the tail and under the chin, the maple ones get a weight just behind the hook which is forward of center and again in the chin... I like the X ray shots....

Here are some needles and a few darters I finished this week...

big fish on, whats the weight on the plug?
Can't get over your paint jobs! Excellent!
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Old 01-18-2007, 08:07 PM   #5
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A few to liven it up. The strange one is an upsized knockoff of a Pfluger plug called a Tantrum minnow. Didn't get it right and haven't swum it yet, but what the hell, always fun to try something new.
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Old 01-18-2007, 08:29 PM   #6
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Tantrum minnow ? is that a very rare plug ... i scan plugs on epay daily ... have never seen that one George .. Looks pissa .. very different ...

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Old 01-19-2007, 07:16 AM   #7
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Very nice, I like the paint on the tntrum minnow... it bores a slight resembelance to an elongated J plug hjust with a lip...
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Old 01-18-2007, 08:30 PM   #8
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You may not think it is right, but if you finished it you have a good idea it will swim OK.

You seem to have the bottle down perfect. The angle on the mouth is real good. We have to get together at plugfest for a couple of minutes so that I can learn your secret. Did you use a dremel to get the proper angle?

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Old 01-19-2007, 12:40 PM   #9
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Thought I'd try one of these again
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Looks like ya succeded, Fred.

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Thought I'd try one of these again
Nice Fred! I know where that will work on a overcast June morning on an outgoing tide. So don't you!

Why even try.........
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Old 01-20-2007, 10:04 PM   #12
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did this one today
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Cool stuff. Very simple but subtle at the same time. Darter planes top and bottom, tapered body with big head to get some sway, bucktail for a jointed effect. Do you weight them so they sink close to level, slightly tail down? Looks like you might be onto something good there.
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Old 01-18-2007, 09:06 PM   #14
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A few to liven it up. The strange one is an upsized knockoff of a Pfluger plug called a Tantrum minnow. Didn't get it right and haven't swum it yet, but what the hell, always fun to try something new.
Which is a knockoff of the west coast salmon plugs aka J Plugs.

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Old 01-19-2007, 06:34 AM   #15
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Yeah, there is some resemblance, but the source I have says it was an upsized version of their Poprite minnow. I've only seen pictures, but it looks to me like they may have used a Ballerina body. Should have more taper to the body and the slope on the head is supposed to have a concave shape as well as the lip. I bet it will tend to roll out, but we'll see.
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