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Old 12-14-2005, 01:52 PM   #61
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FBW,

Very well stated.

Mr. Pogey, Chumbucket and BM were big influences on me.
I'd also add Habs ( because he never gave me the easy answers, but rather made ME think) and Gary2.

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Old 12-14-2005, 02:11 PM   #62
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There are many, many good plug builders out there and many deserve kudos for thier work but to be honest, although the craftmanship on most of the stuff I have seen and the generosity through which I am lucky enough to be the recipient of some of this fine work, the ones I find most influential are not the prettiest or the most technical designns. It's the ones that catch fish, pure and simple.
That being said my vote goes to Bernzy's Howdy, that plug in the hands of someone who really knows how to use it, could catch fish in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Next would be Bassmaster's needles, not just one particular one but a variety of them. Lastly would be Numbskull's jointed eel plug. He has been making plugs longer than most on this site though he recently started posting, a doctor by trade, his passion is fishing and we met when I was sitting in a bed in the intensive care ward at a local hospital. He wanted to know a little about me and when fishing came up, well the rest is history. His plugs are not fancy but they do the one thing that I admire most in a plug. The dam things catch fish and lots of them and the jointed eel has outfished the real thing on more than one occassion. Just unbelivable really.

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Old 12-14-2005, 08:31 PM   #63
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John, email sent with photo.

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Old 12-15-2005, 12:23 PM   #64
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Some influential plugs i'm priviledged to own:

Tagger ------------------- Bernzy
Karl F --------------------Bassmaster
Jigman--------------------Mac
Motorfish -----------------Fishingfreak/BF

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Old 12-15-2005, 12:30 PM   #65
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Tatoo------------------------------------BigFish
Capesams-------------------------------Habs
Backbeach Jake-------------------------BM
Professor Moriarty--------------------- BM

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