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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 06-05-2011, 12:28 PM   #1
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cc didn't make one big enough, pikie 2 lip 4/0 hooks

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Old 06-05-2011, 12:29 PM   #2
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Old 06-05-2011, 06:21 PM   #3
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Old 06-05-2011, 06:31 PM   #4
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Sweet plug Ed! Like the tail! What's that beast weigh in at??
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Old 06-06-2011, 06:23 AM   #5
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BEAUTY dont have any tin BUT if I buy some---> what SIZE (thickness) do you guys use for tails
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Old 06-06-2011, 06:25 AM   #6
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Ed- how did you make that tail?

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Old 06-06-2011, 04:22 PM   #7
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Yikes, that's a mouthful.
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Old 06-06-2011, 06:06 PM   #8
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chris its just a peise of stainless i drilled a hole and cut a triangle and rounded it around the hole, i was fishing it at the canal today...I've never had a medal liped plug with a kinda flaptail (tail) swims a couple feet down maybe 3....and it will throw its tail out every 3-4 seconds left/right/left...I'll weight it chris tonight...thanks

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Old 06-07-2011, 07:36 PM   #9
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its 1and7/16ths long(2 sides) and 1 and 3/16 top to bottom...just longer than fat....1/8 hole... chris it weights 3.2oz no lead in it

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Old 06-08-2011, 04:56 AM   #10
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Aluminum would work I would think.

Hardware stores usually have small racks of small sized hobby metal- tubing, sheet, angle- in brass, aluminum, steel. Various thicknesses of sheet available. Just a couple bucks per piece.
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