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02-26-2010, 10:26 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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The joys and pains of plugbuilding
Here's the completed lineup, a nice pichney troller sr, and a good example of what happens when you get up at 4 am to do tail wraps and your pliers slip...no stitches as I didn't feel like driving 30 minutes....just splattered a little system 3 on the gash and it healed right over...
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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02-26-2010, 10:34 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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one more of the wall and also my "custom" epoxy dryer..
Last edited by Back Beach; 02-26-2010 at 11:44 AM..
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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02-26-2010, 10:44 AM
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Hunting for a 40
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: RI
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Another inch and a half lower and it would have been a lot worse!
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02-26-2010, 10:52 AM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
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Who's that old guy in the picture?
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02-26-2010, 11:05 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dad 818
Another inch and a half lower and it would have been a lot worse!
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No doubt about it.
You can never be too careful with regard to eye/face protection. In this one instance I was performing a seemingly "safe" procedure without my shield on and the next minute I was seeing stars. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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02-26-2010, 11:11 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
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Sweet looking pluggage......But how the hell do you hit yourself in the face doing tail wraps.......I've lost plenty of Knuckle meat....but the face
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-26-2010, 11:15 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Sweet looking pluggage......But how the hell do you hit yourself in the face doing tail wraps.......I've lost plenty of Knuckle meat....but the face
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A week ago I actually skinned the bridge of my nose pretty good and should have learned then. I was pulling on the wire with a pair of channel lock pliers and they simply slipped off the end of the wire. Its a technique problem, no doubt. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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02-26-2010, 11:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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I'll take a guess. round nose pliers in the loop and vice grips on the end of the wire trying to really pull the last part of the loop tight, and the vice grips slip.
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02-26-2010, 11:21 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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bet you didn't know this was a contact sport, hobby
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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02-26-2010, 11:40 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin
I'll take a guess. round nose pliers in the loop and vice grips on the end of the wire trying to really pull the last part of the loop tight, and the vice grips slip.
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You're close, I had an old drill bit in my vise to form the loop around and was pulling with the channel locks....the loop did come out perfect, though. 
Anyways, for any of you who don't know me already, I'll be the guy at TFCTFN with the gash above his eye...please stop and say hello.... 
Last edited by Back Beach; 02-26-2010 at 11:45 AM..
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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02-26-2010, 12:14 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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02-26-2010, 01:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: new bedford, Ma.
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all too familiar with this. I've popped myself in the mouth twice due to the little fixture I use.
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Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man.
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02-26-2010, 02:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,572
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"First time is an accident, second time is...."
Don't let there be a third time.
By the way, nice stuff.
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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02-26-2010, 03:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pembroke,MA
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Apparently, someone needs to show you a safe way to do tail wraps on of these days.
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02-26-2010, 04:36 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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Hey Mike those little vice grip plyers are great .. you can lock on .. You should change your angle of attack though and not pull towards your face .. Wife must bust em on you for that ,, mine would ..
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Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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02-26-2010, 05:56 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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I agree I'd be lost without my small vice grips, but even those slip off sometimes. I punched myself in the nose one day.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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02-26-2010, 06:04 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Terrific stuff. Amazing, actually, for a guy just starting out. Now get ready to get ho'd.
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02-26-2010, 06:17 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,119
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Nice going  you been busy
looks to me like you are partial to yellow 
I must be the only one who grabs the wire with my bare hands doing tailwraps, what's all this pliers and vise grip stuff  |
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02-26-2010, 06:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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Where do you attatch the eel?
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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02-26-2010, 06:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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I've seen you do that, Slip, then I tried it. No Go..
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02-26-2010, 06:28 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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well Fred, it won't be long with arthritis creeping up, so someday I'll be using pliers too, along with a hearing aid to go with my glasses.  |
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02-26-2010, 09:02 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
I must be the only one who grabs the wire with my bare hands doing tailwraps, what's all this pliers and vise grip stuff |
308L ... or maybe because your a gorilla ...  |
Belcher Goonfoock (retired)
(dob 4-21-07)
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02-26-2010, 09:21 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,119
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316L gorrilla hands
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02-26-2010, 09:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
Posts: 2,260
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Slip i think you can bend a crowbar into a tail loop. |
Originally Posted by Flaptail
"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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02-26-2010, 09:23 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
I must be the only one who grabs the wire with my bare hands doing tailwraps, what's all this pliers and vise grip stuff |
Ya, you and Bernzy, unbelievable to watch uze guys wrap.  |
" Choose Life "
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02-26-2010, 11:00 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
I must be the only one who grabs the wire with my bare hands doing tailwraps, what's all this pliers and vise grip stuff |
Nope...Thats why I don't punch myself in the face either. I just grab it and wrap it around a pair of Round nose pliers |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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02-27-2010, 12:47 AM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
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Mike, you could pass as a Bruin!
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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02-27-2010, 06:22 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tagger
Hey Mike those little vice grip plyers are great .. you can lock on .. You should change your angle of attack though and not pull towards your face .. Wife must bust em on you for that ,, mine would ..
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Just got a good tail loop tutorial done by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&...man did I have it all wrong, but the end result was still good.
Take a closer look at the pictures...you may notice there's one plug in there not made by me...see if you can pick it out. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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02-27-2010, 07:10 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Big pink Hawg hunter style pencil looks fished and uncopied.
You shouldn't, however, be practicing your signature on the wall before you sign your work.
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02-27-2010, 07:51 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,069
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Just got a good tail loop tutorial done by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&...man did I have it all wrong, but the end result was still good.
Take a closer look at the pictures...you may notice there's one plug in there not made by me...see if you can pick it out.
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I do it similarly to salty, minor variations that work for me with what I have. |
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