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W.C. FIELDS ONCE SAID.......A SUCKER IS BORN EVERY MIMUTE..P.T. BARNUM SAID THERES AN ASS FOR EVERY SEAT...OBTW WHO IS THIS DUDE?????? HE SHOULD FISH THE CANAL W/ THEM PURRTY LURES
They do look Boogerish but that layout is a very popular layout
Who is Larry Schmid? I don't recall seeing the name over the transom here but I may have heard of 1/10th of there guys out there doing this stuff.
They have three 5 star ratings on Orvis that looks somewhat spammish to my spidey senses. Each review posted over a three week period, have only made recommendations on that one product. So my Spidey Senses would say that is is possible, perhaps even likely, one/some was put up in an effort to validate the plug.
These may be the best custom lures out there - I honestly don't know one way or the other and have never used them.
Spoken like someone who has not seen Grapenuts' or ProfM's stuff.
Not where I was going at all. I see significantly exceptional builders out there - including these guys (and your stuff doesn't exactly suck ) - but my point was a 300x400 picture on the innernets means diddlly squat one way or the other as to what they are or are not.
What I probably should have said was: These may be the best custom lures out there - but I suspect not - I honestly don't know one way or the other and have never used them.
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In fairness to Mr Schmid, selling his work as art is a different market than selling them for fishing. Either way, the price shocks me.
I saw that the other day while thumbing through the holiday gift catalog on the throne. I think I busted an o-ring when I saw the price.
Initial reaction was disbelief, but then I realized, what a brilliant business move. He's been selling on the other site for a while, and probably doing OK... But contacting Orvis (or any other high-end outdoor dealer) with a high-priced plug set is something that I haven't seen done before. Figure he's making a good chunk of change on it. Good for him.
Who cares if they work or not, I'm not buying it, but some people will. Imagine if BM did this? With one-offs? The sets would probably sell for twice that.
In fairness to Mr Schmid, selling his work as art is a different market than selling them for fishing. Either way, the price shocks me.
Attaching the Orvis name to them surely has something to do with the extremely high price.
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There just appeared a new connotation to "Orvised Up"
It used to be just fly guys, next they will come out with a Orvis Montauk Surfcasting rod, then a knockoff VanStaal made in England, Special Orvis bag, the right wetsuit and drytop.
Oh wait, I think we have all that stuff, Orvis just wants to cash in on the next Yuppie trend.
If you guys fished in the daylight you'd see this going on I bet.
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They do look Boogerish but that layout is a very popular layout
Who is Larry Schmid? I don't recall seeing the name over the transom here but I may have heard of 1/10th of there guys out there doing this stuff.
They have three 5 star ratings on Orvis that looks somewhat spammish to my spidey senses. Each review posted over a three week period, have only made recommendations on that one product. So my Spidey Senses would say that is is possible, perhaps even likely, one/some was put up in an effort to validate the plug.
These may be the best custom lures out there - I honestly don't know one way or the other and have never used them.
Fish have to swim by them first to even have a shot at being a fishy lure. I agree, looks boogerish, .....it does make me want to use some of the hundreds of dollars of feathers and deertail on my siwahses though.
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He has the same product listed on his own website at the same price.... If you figure the plugs at his top price of 33 each, as listed on his site, that makes for a $193 box....
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) - but my point was a 300x400 picture on the innernets means diddlly squat one way or the other as to what they are or are not.
$300 for the box would be fair So the plugs are just over $6 each. 
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