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Old 12-04-2009, 08:39 AM   #1
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This is allmost embarrasing....

Some of my first goo-goo's.... the plug resposible for me getting into plug makeing on a serious nature... I cant believe I actualy caught fish on some of them...
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:41 AM   #2
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Needle then and now....

If my memory serves me, I used steel workers tie wire.. it rusted...
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:42 AM   #3
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deep swimmer than and now..

note the brass wire and home made lip ( stove pipe sheet metal) ..
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:46 AM   #4
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Jointed eel.. then and now

the top one was the first effort... brass wire and pinned tail hook... it didnt swim very well.. it never caught a fish either.. the middle plug was the next step.. it took hundreds of bass and was refinished twice.... it was the last plug i painted (on a regular basis) with rattle cans.. i retired it last spring. in favor of the fish catcher below it...
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:49 AM   #5
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Jointed pikie.. first attempt.. then and now

Rattle can finish, home made lip, brass wire, pinned in place.. it never caught a fish...
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:52 AM   #6
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Surfster.. then and now

Brass wire, home made stove pipe lip, rattle can paint.... never caught a fish...
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:54 AM   #7
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Top water swimmer.. then and now

One of my more sucsessfull ventures,... I actualy caught quite a few fish with this one.... I had forgotten about it until i saw this thread...
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