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Old 03-20-2014, 04:05 PM   #31
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I hope I did not come across as someone who was putting down this gentleman. I was just stating the prices are crazy. No reflection on the builder was intended. I have seen pics of his work and they look very nice. I was talking more about the crazy people spending that kind of cash on a fishing plug. Just seems nuts to me. I wish I had some to sell.
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Old 03-20-2014, 04:20 PM   #32
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Put some hooks on a bitcoin........
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Old 03-20-2014, 07:03 PM   #33
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Hunk of wood with hooks....they all catch!
As is evidence of anything I turn out. Hunk of wood is putting it nicely.
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60 % of the time, it works every time.
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Old 03-20-2014, 07:22 PM   #34
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He makes pencils for the CANAL?

Not sure what a rattle adds to a pencil (fish don't tend to track pencils trying to decide, they rush them with their minds made up), but if you see a guy swimming in the canal this year it seems a good bet he is from NJ and just snapped off his DMag.
I fished up a NJ style pencil last year but it was not a Dmag, had a sticker looked like it said surf something or other on it. 😀 didnt see a fishermen on it either, i thought plugs catch fishermen before they catch fish 😀
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Old 03-20-2014, 09:03 PM   #35
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Well lets not go too far the other way. A Bob Pond 40 with the early glass eyes for example is not a hunk of wood with hooks- it is something more because of the historical significance.
This is what will give some plugs lasting value. Otherwise they're pretty much all commodity items. Some noteworthy builders will perhaps get a premium...but the rest is all market hype.

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Old 03-20-2014, 09:32 PM   #36
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I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.
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Old 03-20-2014, 09:41 PM   #37
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I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.
That is 100% correct!
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Old 03-20-2014, 11:08 PM   #38
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I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.
Very few are in existence. If people knew the lengths I went through to produce those they'd be astonished.

Is it one of the little needles?
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Old 03-21-2014, 05:29 AM   #39
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i think my spence is a metal lip - i will check
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It's a Danny. Dark green back, ivory belly with beige sides.
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Old 03-21-2014, 07:52 AM   #41
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I own what is reputed to be a Spence plug. Now thats worth something.
Does it only swim left?
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Old 03-21-2014, 08:02 AM   #42
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It's a Danny. Dark green back, ivory belly with beige sides.
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Oh yea, those were made from some Salty blanks. Had a bunch of hand painting if I remember…

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Old 03-21-2014, 08:30 AM   #43
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Seen the $$ for one of Don's Darters lately?
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Old 03-21-2014, 12:50 PM   #44
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Seen the $$ for one of Don's Darters lately?
They look like very nice plugs (I don't have one) and if they are anything like the rest of his plugs I'm sure they swim great, etc. But I'm curious why the ridiculous demand right now. Was there a slew of big fish caught on them last year? Did he say he's not going to make anymore?

I'm not asking to question the quality of the plug, just curious what caused the current frenzy.
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Old 03-21-2014, 01:34 PM   #45
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Does it only swim left?
OMG..
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