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01-24-2009, 03:59 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Finally....
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01-24-2009, 04:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
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Nice job as usual Numby.....
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Mike Malone
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01-24-2009, 04:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: New Bedford
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all look great! that top slopehead is awesome!
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01-24-2009, 05:22 PM
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Covered in Sawdust
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Very nice...I like! High five!
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01-24-2009, 05:38 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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nice George. You are way ahead of me. You trading any of those darters  |
"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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01-24-2009, 05:45 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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Wow,,,,,, I really like those darters,,,,,,
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01-24-2009, 05:47 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,543
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sweet darters!
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01-24-2009, 06:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: plymouth,ma
Posts: 1,142
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George your stuff looks perfect as always.
Can you give us some details on the darters? How much do they weigh and how big are they. I'm just finishing some up for my light rod but I want to make some in the 3.5-4 oz range for a heavier rod I am working on for next year...
Are those still the hard maple you were working with or did you switch to something else?
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01-24-2009, 06:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Pembroke,MA
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Very nice. I think you've inspired me to turn a couple surfsters tomorrow.
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01-24-2009, 06:10 PM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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Nice ,,, That clowdy sky darter is pissa ,,
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01-24-2009, 06:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vineyard Haven
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Awesome !
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01-24-2009, 06:44 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin
Can you give us some details on the darters? How much do they weigh and how big are they. I'm just finishing some up for my light rod but I want to make some in the 3.5-4 oz range for a heavier rod I am working on for next year...
Are those still the hard maple you were working with or did you switch to something else?
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They are just Pichney/Lupo/BM copies. I've done well on the BM originals over the years. 7"long, 1.25" dia, 3.3-3.5 oz. Most are soft maple saturated in sealer, I've got some hard maple as well that I think will weigh 3.7oz. The original BMs are around 3.5 oz, the Pichney and Lupo's closer to 3. I think you want your sealed blank to weigh about 2.7.....though of course I didn't figure that out until way late. |
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01-24-2009, 07:14 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Centerville
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WOW, very nice.
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01-24-2009, 07:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tagger
Nice ,,, That clowdy sky darter is pissa ,,
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Ditto.. |
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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01-24-2009, 09:41 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Your work is incredible
thanks for posting that
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01-24-2009, 09:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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nice pluggage!!
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01-24-2009, 10:11 PM
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Hunting for a 40
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: RI
Posts: 615
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Nice as always George.
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01-25-2009, 12:03 AM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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classic......sweet
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01-25-2009, 08:42 AM
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Hernia Pikie Maker
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: e. prov r.i.
Posts: 1,176
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wow
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its no ones fault
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01-25-2009, 08:49 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: North Branford,Ct.
Posts: 7,580
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Great job George. The darter is the most rewarding design when you get it right. So many variables to consider in order to duplicate the same results when making multiple darters. I've dabbled with darters over a few years. Never made a jig, mostly freehand design copies. Luckily they all swam pretty good. Would I be to bold to ask for a recommendation on building a jig for a particular design? Your plugs and asvise over the past years have always inspired me to keep the sawdust flying!
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Billy D.
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01-25-2009, 10:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NY
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great job on those plugs!
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01-25-2009, 12:54 PM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
Posts: 7,181
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Sweet
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01-25-2009, 01:31 PM
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Fish Hound
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Shrewsbury, MA & Mashpee, MA
Posts: 1,159
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ditto again on the cloud blue darter... thing is HOT
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"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.....pursue those."
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01-25-2009, 08:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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absolutly beautifull work, but i would expect nothing less from you... those darters are most pissa!
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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01-26-2009, 08:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 135
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Great stuff George, that green and blue combo looks like it will do some damage.
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01-26-2009, 08:55 AM
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Hydro Orientated Lures
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Brockton,Ma
Posts: 8,484
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George .. I'm very interrested how those soft maple darters work .. I don't know if you tested them yet . I've only worked with soft maple once, and that was a board that sat in a barn 40 yrs.. I'd much prefer working with that compared to hard (brittle) maple . Seems like you got them dialed in with the sealer added weight too ..
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01-26-2009, 09:03 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
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Those are awesoma....as always. The darters are sick
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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01-26-2009, 10:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tagger
George .. I'm very interrested how those soft maple darters work .. I don't know if you tested them yet . I've only worked with soft maple once, and that was a board that sat in a barn 40 yrs.. I'd much prefer working with that compared to hard (brittle) maple . Seems like you got them dialed in with the sealer added weight too ..
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I'm a hack compared to you guys... but soft maple ROCKS for darters. Great action. no splitting at least in my experience. |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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01-26-2009, 11:21 AM
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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 JFigliuolo
I'm a hack compared to you guys... but soft maple ROCKS for darters. Great action. no splitting at least in my experience.
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You No Hack ,,, thanks ,, thats what I'm looking for ..  |
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