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09-13-2012, 07:01 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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Couple of Musso/SS Designs in wood
My shop has been down all summer due to a renovation project at my house... new family room/kitchen and updated bathroom
These are the 1st plugs I have made since April
8.25 " Musso Wadd needle... my first black over orange plug.. Chef tells me that this is a killer color... I need to make a few darters with this pattern now
And a SS popper weighted heavy for distance casting at the canal... made it in birch and you can see the 3 diameters I used for pouring mucho lead.... 1/2, 3/8, and 5/16 thats a lot of lead... even heavier than Steve's new 2 3/4 red eyed version.... but will it swim like the real deal
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 Blond Terror
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09-13-2012, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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and one more with the weighting locations
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Blond Terror
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09-13-2012, 12:01 PM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
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That's my go to needle color, and lately Redfin and ss darter
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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09-13-2012, 12:09 PM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
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Looks like a sea robin and lobster and even maybe choogies have a similiar color
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09-13-2012, 12:33 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Good choice of needle and color. You can fish that one with confidence.
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09-13-2012, 04:13 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
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They look good. You should do some Habs style poppers. Always had more luck with that style than the polaris style. Nice needlefish!
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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09-19-2012, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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here is a black over orange (lobstah) 2 OZ darter made to resemble the original Musso 2 OZ wood model... Numbskull has perfected this design... incredible plug
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Blond Terror
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09-20-2012, 06:17 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blondterror
here is a black over orange (lobstah) 2 OZ darter made to resemble the original Musso 2 OZ wood model... Numbskull has perfected this design... incredible plug
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Tasty, tasty, tasty.
I use mine with 2/0 trebles even though it will swim with 3/0's. I've not tried a siwash. I like the weight closer to 1.5-1.6 oz. The example I copied must have been a light one (the intended weight was 2 oz) but they have fished so well I did not change. I have taken most of my night fish over the last 2 years with this plug including several in the high 20# range. Casts very well, even with a big rod. Mine have been made from basswood, but they cut up from hook swing very quickly. |
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09-20-2012, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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I have been making mine from soft maple or birch and they weigh 1 3/4 to 1 7/8 rigged with the cut 3/0 and 5/0 dressed siwash.... this is my go to night plug when fishing rocky areas
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Blond Terror
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09-21-2012, 10:08 AM
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xxx
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
Posts: 2,407
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nice needle. the smaller ones you made me have been producing well, though the chartruse got rubbed off in the rocks recently.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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09-23-2012, 11:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clogston29
nice needle. the smaller ones you made me have been producing well, though the chartruse got rubbed off in the rocks recently.
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I can make you another chartruese one this winter or sooner if you need it for the fall run. Any pictures of the needles in the mouths of 30lb fish? |
Blond Terror
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09-24-2012, 07:45 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Blond,
Try some black over yellow - the New Yawkas loved it.
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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09-24-2012, 08:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: S. Jersey Shore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Blond,
Try some black over yellow - the New Yawkas loved it.
DZ
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Joisey too!! |
 "The lips stand out because she wants to suck on your Pikie."....Mike Laptew
Van Staal Service/Repair Technician
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09-24-2012, 08:25 AM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
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Sweet looking Pluggage!!
I gotta get one of those red/yellow pencils from you that you had at cutty!
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60 % of the time, it works every time.
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09-24-2012, 10:06 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,540
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Red over yellow was ago to color back in the late 80s-early 90s.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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09-27-2012, 05:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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Made 3 more Musso Seniors... a 8 inch troller version 1 , a Pine with surface swimmer lip(yellow) (Lefty 2 top slot), and a Deep Diver with Pikie 3 lip. The troller will be visiting Plymouth Harbor behind a tin boat on Friday
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Blond Terror
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