Why testing is important

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

Mike,when i first started making plugs,i went to the Gibbs website to check out differant plugs and what they looked like.i saw the darter and decided to make some of that stlye.i had never fished one and had no idea how they swam.i took them done to LI and fished them at one of the inlets i grew fishing in,i caught a few fish on them. later that summer i was on the cape and gave some to Jack that worked at Nelsons,he told me to move the eye back a little bit ,which i did on thee next batch,made a big differance.that fall another gent ,TC asked if he could buy some of my darters,i wasn't selling so i gave him a few to fish.the next year i saw TC and he told me liked the way the darter worked.i gave quite a few to other guys that i know to fish them,everyone caught fish on them.over the years i gave the tail more of a taper so they cast better.Billy,though i don't know George personally,we have at least one mutual freind,so i know he is a very knowledgeable fishermen,and probably knows more about building plugs than i ever will.but i have been fishing and working on the water long enough to know how to catch a fish even on a piece of wood.as far as sealing i have plenty of pine dannies, cherry needles ,poplar pencils and many other plugs that are scared enough that i know they get water logged after using,never do they stop catching because they get waterlogged.the only plastic plugs i fish get so much lead added to them that they are more like jigs, how do swim like lead ,but they sure catch fish. well i guess while everone is spending there time messing with plugs this winter i will be skiing .