Your Thoughts On Habs

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by teaser

So if I had to say who started me on plugs and started me spinning some of my own to toss around then I'd have to blame you guys on this site.

Ya me too Teaser.

At the risk of forgetting some, i'm old, i would have to say the main guys
who influenced me most and got me started were ,

BM with his tutorial,
Tagger with his surfster help,
Karl with his patina paint,
Jigman with all his pointers,
Slipknot with his thru drilling,
Bernzy with his airbrush.

Then there were guys like BBJ, P., TT, Cape Sams, and ALL uze guys that would answer questions at the drop of a hat.

Gotta thank you all.

[spence]

So how may builders cloned a Habs 2 ounce needle as their first custom plug?

-spence

[BigFish]

I did!

[striperondafly]

before "interblab" info was communicated through fishing magazines, local papers, seminars, etc. - did y'all forget already???

If interblab is so bad - then why are the ones complaining here? Should all fishing sites be private? Just playing devils advocate here.

Now back to what this post was supposed to be about - Hab's.



Hab's inspired me like most of us. My first plug was a Hab's spin atom takeoff.

John made the quinessential needle and I am glad I have enough to fish for years to come, but his jointed Atom Jr's from last winter are my favorite of his work, along with the 1.5 ounce mullet swimmers.

[pops]

no guesses for who I copied this from

[striperondafly]

I found the pic It's labeled wrong these are spin atoms - not Atom Jr's.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by striperondafly

I found the pic It's labeled wrong these are spin atoms - not Atom Jr's.

The top plug by Bob Pond is an Atom Jr. Spin Atoms are finger sized. For those interested, this thread discusses the difference http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=43183

[GattaFish]

Originally Posted by spence

So how may builders cloned a Habs 2 ounce needle as their first custom plug?

-spence

Not me,,, but there is a clone of Habs big needle's on the market,,,,,, hmmmmmmmm

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by GattaFish

Not me,,, but there is a clone of Habs big needle's on the market,,,,,, hmmmmmmmm

Best not go there. There are two sides to every story.

[capesams]

Stan Dagget, best fishing buddy of Stan gibbs ,,tought me how to make his eel skin needle...from there it went into collecting vintage plugs which lead to reproducing the classic's , Danny Pichney's stuff is high on my list of remake's. As well is atom's..some gibb's..blue streaks..beachmaster...ccb...brad norris..gamsby...charley murrat.

Only made 4 Hab's needle's....somewhere in the mix of all the other's.

[vineyardblues]

Here is a needlefish lure time line by DZ
VB