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01-16-2007, 03:28 PM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Nice!, I just ran a bunch Saturday , all on the rack drying now...
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01-16-2007, 04:22 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
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Striperondafly those are some awesome 1st,,you got a good teacher ... George ,, freakin mint .. those are great looking bottles .. what kinda wood you end up using ??
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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01-16-2007, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tagger
Striperondafly those are some awesome 1st,,you got a good teacher ... George ,, freakin mint .. those are great looking bottles .. what kinda wood you end up using ??
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Good question as it makes a bid difference. |
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01-16-2007, 05:02 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eastendlu
Good question as it makes a bid difference.
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Used pine, since I think that's what the Gibbs were/are. Weighted them along the wire, all the way to the front hook. Not sure I have that right yet, but I'm getting closer. Got a few AYC as well, and have been thinking about trying maple........either of you guys any experience with maple bottles?........made one a couple of years ago that was a dud but I think I had the lip wrong then. I also shaped these more along the lines of a Musso than a Gibbs, the latter which has the shoulder closer to the neck, I'm starting to think the Gibbs shape may swim better. Along the same lines, here is a weak knockoff of a Musso littleneck swimmer (after I got outbid by a ton for one on ebay)............same shape as a bottle, but the weighting is a mystery so far.
Last edited by numbskull; 01-16-2007 at 05:14 PM..
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01-16-2007, 05:15 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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oops.....here it is, interesting plug.
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01-16-2007, 05:19 PM
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Location: North Fork
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If i see Mr Musso i'll ask him how he weighed it for you.
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01-16-2007, 06:16 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Used pine, since I think that's what the Gibbs were/are. Weighted them along the wire, all the way to the front hook. Not sure I have that right yet, but I'm getting closer. Got a few AYC as well, and have been thinking about trying maple........either of you guys any experience with maple bottles?........made one a couple of years ago that was a dud but I think I had the lip wrong then. I also shaped these more along the lines of a Musso than a Gibbs, the latter which has the shoulder closer to the neck, I'm starting to think the Gibbs shape may swim better. Along the same lines, here is a weak knockoff of a Musso littleneck swimmer (after I got outbid by a ton for one on ebay)............same shape as a bottle, but the weighting is a mystery so far.
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NS - I have been making bottles for a while now and found that the gibbs was the better one to work with. The plug is weighted just the same as the gibbs polaris. The weight is a 1/4" round slug 1 3/4" long. 2 equal pieces all from the tail to the front. There is a piece between the hooks. There is no chin weight in the plug I have. I am attaching a couple of photos of that plug. The critical part of the bottle plug is that lip and the curve with the sides angled back from the center point where the wire eye is.. The plug is 3 ounces. 
Last edited by gone fishin; 01-14-2008 at 11:48 PM..
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low & slow 37
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01-16-2007, 06:33 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Gone fishin, this may interest you. The bigger Gibbs bottle has two of those weights in it.....(duh, I just reread your post and that is what you said) These are old Gibbs, the bottom a real early one, the top a brass wire one I think.
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01-16-2007, 06:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Gone fishin, this may interest you. The bigger Gibbs bottle has two of those weights in it.....(duh, I just reread your post and that is what you said) These are old Gibbs, the bottom a real early one, the top a brass wire one I think.
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is that a real xray? lol |
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01-16-2007, 06:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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I'll be seeking bottle and darter lessons at PlugFest. Those are perfrect! All the plugs here are mint!!!
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01-16-2007, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Numskull -- my plug has brass also. I was surprised to see the 1/4" lead. Again, the secret is in the lip! I have 10 or 20 that I made that were junk. I tried everything to get the lip right and finally used a dremel with a flapper sanding wheel to shape it to where it works well.
It is a good plug in the ditch when the current is just right. You can feel it wiggling like mad. Casts like a rocket also.
Thanks for the x-ray - very helpful.  |
low & slow 37
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