Beachmasters (not counting Darters) always sell for under $20 at the Edge.
Super Strikes may not be wood but they do catch fish. And they're very reasonably priced. Both bulders make VERY time tested plugs. These days 6 months seem to be "time tested"...
The Edge may be located in Newport, but our prices usually beat Benny's, Wal-mart, and Cabelas when it comes to standards like Bombers and Kastmasters. And you're not going to find Beachmaster or Super Strike at those places.
I think right now there is an awful lot of demand and not enough product, with time it will equalize. Surf fishing right now is saltwater fly fishing 5 years ago. The mentality is you HAVE to have expensive wood to catch fish. Everyone is a surf fishing shop now, and everyone is building plugs. The market will change, threads like this make me think it already is. The cream will rise from the new crowd of builders and/or current builders will evolve and equalize or lower pricing as they add plugs to the market and demand decreases. Imagine if Gibbs stepped up their hardware and didn't change their pricing. On top of that the people who got into surf casting because it was all the rage and bought hundreds or thousands in plugs will be dumping their stuff. Prepare to score when that starts happening...
I've had 2 incidents at the shop in the past few months of people trading in brand new plugs that they didn't even buy here that are going on Ebay for $30+ for Super Strikes.
Lastly, Ebay is evil.
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