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Old 03-23-2014, 09:47 AM   #1
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Finally found some time to finish something!

Wow has it been hard to get in the shop and get anything done.....man depressing.
At any rate I was able to finish up a few J-bugs and Flaptails. I've made some changes to both which have been well received. I fattened up the J-bugs just a little and shifted from the dressed tail hook to the extended treble. This has dramatically increased the hook up percentage with the Muskies. The Flaptail here still needs hardware, but I changed the head angle so it would dig a little bit and really shortened up the flaptail bade lead and it has made it a louder and more erratic "flapper" (didn't have hardware attached on this guy). I have a batch drying now that will be ready to roll.
I hope everybody is surviving winter (I haven't even been able to get into my heated shop with the cold).
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Old 03-23-2014, 10:03 AM   #2
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would love to see them in action someday (video)
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Old 03-23-2014, 10:05 AM   #3
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Beautiful as always, MS. Your work is so clean.
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Old 03-23-2014, 10:38 AM   #4
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Nice looking plugs
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Old 03-23-2014, 12:15 PM   #5
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good stuff man, big fan of the orange!!

Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery

There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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Old 03-23-2014, 01:25 PM   #6
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Good Golly Miss Molly! Makes me never want to paint a plug again.
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