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12-03-2005, 10:33 AM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Awesome stuff.   |
" Choose Life "
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12-03-2005, 10:42 AM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Holy S$%#^.. back in the wood shop where you belong,, what a waste,,,now you gotta make up for the down time .. Very interesting shape.. does it have a name ? is it a knock off of something eles ? great work ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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12-03-2005, 12:20 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Originally Posted by Tagger
.. Very interesting shape.. does it have a name ? is it a knock off of something eles ? ..
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It is a "Frech Banana". Jack Frech published a series of plug building articles @1975 (reprinted @ 1989) in " The Fisherman" magazine. This a copy of his final plug. It is pine, 7 1/2" long, heavily loaded, and floats upright even with the surface, sort of a planer-style plug, not unlike the modern sluggo design. I have no idea how well it fishes, and his weighting instructions seemed too much, so I'm not even sure I've got it right. With a bandsaw, spokeshave, and rasp it is not too difficult to build, though some sort of carver's vise/jig is helpful. I think you could also do away with the hand tools and shape it after bandsawing with a rotary sander instead. If anyone has ever fished one of the originals (NIB maybe?), please pm me I'd appreciate any info that would help fine tune the weighting. Thanks. |
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12-03-2005, 02:17 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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http://highhillstriperclub.com/articles_darters.htm Had this article on him.. Don't really know much about him .. thats a pretty neat design ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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12-03-2005, 04:46 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
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very nice pc o fruit...great job...some day I'll pull out all those print's and give them a good lookin over..scuttlebutt has it when those were printed that they changed some of the dimention's to throw people off as to how the real ones were made....throwing a stick in the spoke's of remake's sort of speak......now I don't know to trust them or not.
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BOAT fish do count.
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12-03-2005, 05:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
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No eyes George?
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Why even try......... 
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12-03-2005, 06:17 PM
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D'oh
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Location: RI
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i've missed your posts, flap. weclome back.
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i bent my wookie
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12-03-2005, 06:25 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Originally Posted by Tagger
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I like the name. |
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12-04-2005, 01:54 PM
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ifthat's not a mullet banana, I don't know what is  |
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12-04-2005, 06:52 PM
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I have one like that wit a metal lip.I have seen an had some that a Old NJ builder billy West did that where similar also.its funny the one i have is painted in a similar color.i rarely (never)fish it cause it does not fit in my bag.its no dougt a copy offa the frech article.
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12-03-2005, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Awesome Banana Boat!  |
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