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03-21-2005, 01:33 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
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My Stradic would have been fine. But now if I dunked my Stradic all night it may or may not be fine.
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Why not buy a Sustain, at least you would'nt have to worry about the drag getting wet. Better yet why does'nt Shimano offer the waterproof drag on the Stradic??
I know I have caught some nice fis on wooden plugs. Do you need wood, absolutely not. I like using them, so I use them. Stetzko's fish was taken on a black teaser fly, McReynolds on a bomber, Cinto's on a wooden plug. I say use what you have confidence in, or what has worked for you in the past. I think the biggest rip were the plugs without hooks, going for close to $20 a plug. Some guys like them that way so they can just put on their own hooks. I think those plugs should go fo $13- $15. just my opinion.
Yes Ebay can suck. I see things on ebay selling for regular price or more all the time. |
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03-21-2005, 01:55 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Watching the people line up for certain wooden plugs at the show last weekend kind of reminded me of the ladies lining up to buy Beenie Babies a few years ago.
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03-21-2005, 01:57 PM
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Location: Seekonk
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Originally Posted by MartinD18
Watching the people line up for certain wooden plugs at the show last weekend kind of reminded me of the ladies lining up to buy Beenie Babies a few years ago.
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03-21-2005, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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Plugs are now Market Priced. that means the price is whatever the market will bear. If people will pay $30 people will charge $30.
the thing I don't get is all the work that goes into the paint jobs. the plkugs are beautiful but a lot of the work is in the flawless 10 coat paint jobs and the sanding etc. I think the plug needs good action but i don't think they need 15 coats of perfect paint to catch fish.
Anyway , market pricing to answere you questions.
What's the answere , well until they are protected and you can't get anymore....eels.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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03-21-2005, 01:59 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
Better yet why does'nt Shimano offer the waterproof drag on the Stradic??
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Because you would not need the Sustain |
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03-21-2005, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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if you can't pay, don't play. 'nuff said.
how many times can you beat a dead horse?
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03-21-2005, 03:31 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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I'm out of this one. I should not have made it personal.
Last edited by tlapinski; 03-22-2005 at 02:27 PM..
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- a wise man. 
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03-21-2005, 06:15 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: not a clue
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anyone making plug's right now could make them cheap,old spruce 2x4''s...no sealer...primer...one coat of paint...no clearcoat...cheap swivel's...galv. wire,,,cost?..$4.50 please.....then everyone would complain cause they only lasted for one trip or on one fish.....quanity or quality? you can't have both anymore,Those day's are long gone.
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BOAT fish do count.
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03-21-2005, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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I buy what I can afford. Tica rods are light years beyond my Uglystik collection. They served me well, but are heavy. 704zs are my heavy reel of choice. They work hard and when I break 'em I, repeat even I can fix 'em. 35 dollar plugs? Glad I bought a lathe. Wish I had the bucks to spend, God knows that I would, but I don't.
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03-21-2005, 06:43 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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I'm with TLap and CS here. But then again I found more 20-30 dollar plugs in the surf last year than I bought, by a wide margin 
I can't help but admire the artistry......but I needed the Aquaskinz top more than ten or fifteen plugs.
Last edited by nightfighter; 03-21-2005 at 06:49 PM..
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03-21-2005, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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I'm sooo glad i have a lathe 
if i didnt i would be paying 25 bucks for a needlefish...One night last summer i lost 6 needles in 2 hours- damn rocks  |
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03-22-2005, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Rochester
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i'm not a man of many words, as you can see from the number of posts, but i would like to put in my 2 cents if i could. Being a hobby plug builder and being self employed a few times i have to give these plug builders some respect. I build 2 or three plugs and they are close enough to being the same for me but to produce 1000 at a time, all the same!!! Overhead; shop, stock-wood,sealer, paint, hardware, machines, repair, maintenance, electric, heat, advertising, packaging, dealer mark-up,taxes, insurance, kids college, retirment and if you get to the point where you need to hire help...workers comp...etc...........
Can you justify $35? some will always say yes and some no. will i go out and spend $35 on a plug, yes, if i think that plug will give me $ 35 of entertainment. will i ever own 10 of them, no. To each their own as long as you are happy.
Thank you
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03-24-2005, 12:34 PM
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Canal Junkie
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Raynham
Posts: 1,678
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my most important plug is still only $3 for a bag of 6 at Walmart
*love* da storm shad.
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aim: SaltedBrian
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03-24-2005, 10:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: outer space
Posts: 564
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Originally Posted by bjs
my most important plug is still only $3 for a bag of 6 at Walmart
*love* da storm shad.
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Wish they would beef up the hooks though on the smaller models, I know someone who took 5 fish over 35 pounds this year on that lure, I have caught nice fish on the smaller ones and Ive had fish snap those things like twigs too.. |
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