And, Gibbs plugs S**k!!

[Mike P]

Gotta vent on this one, sorry. But last night I had about the 6th or 7th case of a Gibbs plug cracking down the middle in the last year. This one was a white 1-5/8 oz darter, I've had some swimmers pull the same act, too (I no longer use their pencil poppers, Polarises or long needlefish). They can talk all they want about the 11 coats of sealer and paint, and how painstakingly crafted they are, but if the wood stinks, it's a lousy plug. And their wood sucks big-time.

It's bad enough you pay $11 for a darter with screw eye constuctions, and half the time the hook eyes fail right out of the package when you put minimal pressure on the eye with a pliers. But an $11 screw eye plug that cracks on the first fish is an outrage. I haven't hit a rock or anything hard--I couldn't believe the crack when saw it, I thought my light was causing the leader to throw a shadow across the plug.

Someone--anyone--want to make a nice wooden darter with good wood and thru-wire construction? There's a market for one, believe me. Lots of the LI guys use darters as their go-to plug, and all I hear from the boys are how fed up they are with Gibbs.

I just delivered an order of $100 worth of Hawgs to a guy out here and I'll bet he won't be buying any Gibbs pencils for awhile.