Any chance of a plug building forum?

[Tattoo]

Hey Buddy, I'm gonna get you license plate number and give it to the guy at the gate.

OK, it XXXXX.....

Blank Stare...double check to see if that was the plate number, we left that poor guy dumbfounded.


Ok so we got one vote, Does that count?

[Tattoo]

Patrick, no I don't know how it goes. I force myself to go weather I want to or not. You cant sit home and catch fish from the couch!

Here's what I tell my wife in April, See you on Thanksgiving.

You can imagine how well that goes over.

CT must have fish, you just need to hunt for them.

[Tattoo]

10X10, tonight is darter night.....interested? Place your order now....them four swimmers in the bottom of that picture look kinda cute. They single?

Patrick.....you gonna be the next Al Goldberg?
Don't let them Epoxy fumes get to your head much longer.....

[Tattoo]

not if I do it first.....you get all the money though.

Think of what all that money could by....a brand new sand sled with REAR heating.

[Tattoo]

John,

Pretty please with sugar on top..

[Tattoo]

Invest in an air brush. It's well worth the money.

This plug post should hit 100.?

[Tattoo]

all these questions and more will be answered in the Lure Building Forum....???

[Tattoo]

10X....buy a Pasche...worth the money.


That mouse is sexy.

[Tattoo]

10X, please don't tell my wife thats what I do.....I'll be in a time out forever.

[Patrick82]

BM,

I've hand carved a few plugs from dowels but nothing like you guys make. The lathe thing is just too messy for my parents house. And when I move out, it will be into an apartment and that won't fly with the landlord. I'll stick to rod building. I have an interest in plug building but I don't have the lathe, the tools, the wood, the know how, or the hardware.

Got Rod?

[Patrick82]

Hey Tattoo, BM and 10X10,

You know, part of what makes lures successful is their versatility. If you make a plug that only works in one area, well that's not a very good lure.

This is why I propose you give me a bunch of lures to try out down here in CT land. Then I can try them here and if they work here, we can safely assume that it will work in all the areas inbetween.

So send me your lures. I'll run them around.

[Patrick82]

Charlie,

You're really messing up my plug scam.

Tattoo,

I fish as much as I can but this year, I haven't really had the heart for it. Just too much going on and scheduling conflicts and yadda yadda yadda. Plus our season hasn't been going so well down here. You know how it goes.

[Patrick82]

Trade eh? My interest is piqued.

Once I get the rod building thing going, how about a nice custom rod for some nice custom plugs? We'll hammer something out. Lots of variables to discuss.

First and foremost, throughwired. and must have eyes.

No fancy colors needed. Black, White and Yellow.

We have smaller bait here so I need smaller plugs. Modeled after the big plugs but 1/2 oz to 2 oz. But I'm mainly looking for lures in the 1/2 to 1 1/4 oz area.

Whatever designs you feel most comfortable with. small panlips, bottles, needlefish, and whatever else you make.

Of course, the number of plugs I recieve is dependent on the outcome of my price and vice versa.

If you are interested, I think we should charge each other just for materials. Why keep track of time and stuff when it's between friends?

Now I give you my word. Believe me, I'm a man of my word. I'll do everything in my power to give you the rod you want. I'll test it, I'll get everything just right or I'll cut the threads off and start over, at my own cost of course. If either person is unhappy with the other's production, they reserve the right break the deal and keep their own goods.

The only problem I can see is if you want a blank I can't get my hands on or a blank that's a 1 piece over 10 feet.

Now, I'm not a rodbuilder yet. Just give me some time to get things down and when I get results that satisfy my highest standards, we'll knock out the odds and ends if you are interested.

[Patrick82]

Here is a stupid question... (there's no such things as stupid questions, only stupid people who ask questions)


How do you do the awesome paint jobs? I mean the ones where the top paint fades into the bottom? Also, how do you get that awesome scale finish? Not with tubraid, just with the paint.

John,

This is where my OCD is helpful. I'm anal about getting things right. If I don't like how it turns out, I'm not above starting over. Like I said before, once I get my feet on the ground and I make my rods and Mindi's rod, I'm open for trades. I would NEVER EVER make a rod for someone without knowing what I'm doing. If mine turn out well, then I'll move forward.

The next Al Goldberg? I don't think so. Rod building isn't going to be a business for me. Just something for myself and something I can use to barter other goods with.

I'll be open to all sorts of different stuff to barter so pay attention. Once you see my work and you're interested, might be able to trade you a rod for whatever.

Plus my aunt and uncle are huge fishermen. Walleye, black bass, perch, bluegill, catfish, they catch them all. Custom rods might be a nice way to pay them back for all the trips they've taken me on and all the birthday and christmas cards.

[flatts1]

You'd need to charge 20 bucks a piece in the shops...

I just came back from central Florida. I went on a gator tour where they also carried fishing tackle. There was a tourist from London there buying up dozens of freshwater Rapalas (wooden diving lures) that retailed for about $6. He said that the same lures would cost $25 in England!!

Imagine what some beefy saltwater plugs could fetch. Although my guess is that much of that price in London included some hefty taxes.

Mike

[10x10]

Shoot...anybody can make a pointy stick and put hooks on it.Needles are nice but variety is the spice of life.Here's my stuff.
Hands off BM!!!
Didya ever notice BM has little squid like suction cups on his fingers?Plugs just naturally stick to his fingers.Goes with the webby toes.
I still got my plugs cause tattoo and slip run interference for me now.
Hey Tattoo!I think that's really funny how you tell BM those darters are 2 oz. when there really 6 oz. It was a real hoot when he busted his rod last week.Think'll figger it out?....Nah.Not a chance.I think he should get one of them ugly stick thangs.
Wait'll he finds out I cut his line every 100 ft and spooled it back on his reel.

[10x10]

Sure patrick...What you got to swap?Hey!someone got yer tuna from the beach last week..... on a windsurfer.Wasn't you was it?

[10x10]

oh?you mean these?The big fat yella one on the bottom swims so nice I think i'll call it Esther Williams.
So which ones do you like?
The lips on those are too small don't wiggle real good but I got some big lips on the way.
I want some of those big darters like bm broke that dinky little toothpick rod of his.Not me, I got a man's rod.You could whip a rabid grizzly bear to death with that thing.Flip that sucker right out there no sweat.

[10x10]

Ok here's what you do .Get some plugs that catch fish.Now copy them as to where the hooks go, how they're rigged, how the lure is weighted,shaped etc.Take it from there.As far as painting goes I use spray cans like Tattoo and Slip but I got myself half talked into an airbrush gun.You can only do so much with a spray can.Here's some stuff i've been making lately for kicks.These are fly rod size lures which I collect.As you can see you can get some good paint effects even on small baits like these.Course I could do some really nice stuff with an airbrush but I dunno, your looking at a couple of hundred bucks at least for a good one with all the stuff you need.

[10x10]

squeak squeak.Got cheese?What's with the toes?
You guys must be desperate fishin the ditch.What I gotta come up there and find you some fish again?Jeez, you need a babysitter.Come to think of it I could use a babysitter.It's a wonder yer wives let you out at all.Whattya do? whine and sulk and shuffle around the house like yer best friend died til she can't take it anymore?Ow ow ow.

[jenty]

John;

I would go for a Plug Building Forum. I just started building them recently and have picked up on it rather quick. I would contribute as much as I can to the forum, and hopefully would learn some things as well.

[jenty]

Slip;

I thought that was turbraid. How do you like it? Me and JonS put some on a plug and it looked like it would work great. Does it conform to the shapes ok? How Much weight do you put in the back?

I like to use either cedar stock or pine dowels, thier real easy to work with and they sand down real nice. I'm still trying to find that Alaskan Yellow Pine though.

[jenty]

Pat;

With the paint jobs you use spray cans. To get the color to fade into the other color, you spray it from above. To get the scale look, you use a screen and spray through that.

P.S. The reason I know, is I asked the same ques. of 10x10 a while ago. he does some really nice work.