Getting started-need suggestions - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

OLD GOAT · 12-18-2009, 02:34 PM

Mike I'm not a plug builder BUT when the kids where little I could make needles out of bank giveaway pens, tooth brush handles,hair brush handles, and silverware knives. I,m not allowed to look to hard at anything in the kitchen

numbskull · 12-18-2009, 03:34 PM

Damn! I knew it was cold out today, but I didn't expect hell to freeze over!

Striperknight · 12-18-2009, 03:45 PM

Start off with kits to see if you like it. There are a lot of good
quality kits on the market. If you like the hobby then you buy the tools,wood ...etc.

eastendlu · 12-18-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by numbskull

Damn! I knew it was cold out today, but I didn't expect hell to freeze over!

It is kind of nipleee out there.

Tagger · 12-18-2009, 04:17 PM

great hobby Mike ,,, you could do it easily .. warning though ... Its cheaper to buy a bunch of plugs than to start building them .. You never stop buying stuff ,,tools ,,wood ,, components,,hooks,, sealer, paint , clear coats..Also its not the healthiest hobby ,,,look at numbskull .. lots of chemicals and silica dust along with irratating ceadars,, If your still interrested. give it a try ,,,come to plugfest ..

Back Beach · 12-18-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by OLD GOAT

Mike I'm not a plug builder BUT when the kids where little I could make needles out of bank giveaway pens, tooth brush handles,hair brush handles, and silverware knives. I,m not allowed to look to hard at anything in the kitchen

I still have one of those bic pen needles too. I used to brag to people about my friend(you) who caught fish on a toothbrush, in fact I still do.

angler229 · 12-18-2009, 03:50 PM

Paul, any chance I can crash the party, I would like to see some of the ideas you have come up with.
Mike, same offer Paul made, though I'm sure his toys are much better than mine.

Back Beach · 12-18-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by angler229

Paul, any chance I can crash the party, I would like to see some of the ideas you have come up with.
Mike, same offer Paul made, though I'm sure his toys are much better than mine.

Thanks Danno!
Sounds like next week I'm going on a main streets and back roads plug shop tour...kind of Peter Meheegan-like. I did get one look at PM's shop, which kind of lit the fire for me.

JohnR · 12-18-2009, 04:35 PM

First. You ain't nuthin if you can't X-Ray other people's secret intellectual property so see Numby

Second, Ross's Shopsmith might not be a bad start ??

Third, apply more to it than i have. My first plug is awesome but it is still under construction

Back Beach · 12-20-2009, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

First. You ain't nuthin if you can't X-Ray other people's secret intellectual property so see Numby

In the coming months I plan on feigning a number of broken bone injuries...hopefully I don't die from radiation exposure..

numbskull · 12-20-2009, 09:32 AM

You know, being a rebel guy and all you might want to look into balsa wood handcarves. It is not very tool intensive (a coping saw, small gouge (or dremel), some glue, clamps, sandpaper, and a small rasp or microplane will get you started) and the guys who get skilled at it can turn out some very impressive stuff (think Rapala and Bagleys). Check out the SOL thread from Finland, and Tackle Undergrounds site on plug building. Would also let you build freshwater stuff (where eels are a disadvantage) and fool around with swimbaits.

You start with flat stock 1/2 the width of your plug, trace and cut out your shape twice (one for each 1/2), gouge a wire and weight and hook hanger hole, bend and place your wire and weight, glue together, then shape with the rasp, seal with proprionate (disolved plastic), foil, paint, seal again, glue in a lip, and give it to me.

Have a try. I'll let you know how you are doing.

Tagger · 12-20-2009, 09:50 AM

Here's another way to go ...Husky from TU site sent me a foam plug you could hit with a hammer .. Forget about moisture meters and Hydro Shmydro .. Always wanted to try this .. handcarve a proto ,,,make a mold (silicone /plaster).. lay your thru wire/weighting in and mix and pour in your foam . Make a bunch playing with the weighting .. After you get what you like .. make a bunch exactly the same .. no wood issuses ... handcarve proto is inexpensive to get into .. Spoke shave ,,, jigg,, vice ,, sand paper .. You use the 16lb. foam Mike ... might be right up your alley..

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