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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 03-12-2014, 09:02 AM   #1
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My first trout plugs

I have wanted to try to paint a trout pattern since I first saw one somewhere, and here goes:
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Old 03-12-2014, 09:59 AM   #2
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That is really cool!

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Old 03-12-2014, 10:27 AM   #3
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Excellent work Frank.
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Old 03-12-2014, 10:39 AM   #4
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Nice frank i made a brown trout myself this am.
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Old 03-12-2014, 10:41 AM   #5
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Nicely done. What size is that swimmer, Swimmer? (I'm clever.)
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Old 03-12-2014, 11:49 AM   #6
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6 5/8 long, a little fatter than a few other plugs, finished it should weigh about 2.6 or 7.
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Old 03-12-2014, 01:19 PM   #7
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That IS really cool
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Old 03-12-2014, 01:21 PM   #8
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when the fish and game dump in the trout
you could throw that plug out there and catch
a monster fwb (bucket mouth) or a big ol Pike

beautiful job
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Old 03-12-2014, 01:38 PM   #9
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Head of tide of the Squamscott River in Exeter, NH...the stocked rainbows find their way down there in the spring to chase smelt. I'm sure the stripers chasing herring in May suck them down like candy.
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Old 03-12-2014, 05:54 PM   #10
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Well executed

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Old 03-13-2014, 04:15 PM   #11
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Nice work!
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