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674, More plug pics Posted by brian, Fri Nov-15-02 12:48 AM
Woohoo, got a coolpix 775 today. Let's see if I can figure out how to work it... Here's a few pics of the plugs I've been working on. The painted one is 7" and I haven't put any clear coat on it yet. The unpainted one will be 8 or 9", don't know yet... I actually just had a piece of wood laying around, so I started hacking at it just for practice, and the more I hacked at it the better it got, so now I'm left with half a plug that I don't know what to do with.
7" baby bass
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b27a34d664bfe.jpg
Close up
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b27c44de1457e.jpg
9" young adult bass
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b288c50216ca3.jpg
front view
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b289f5038a720.jpg
Let's hear the reviews.
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675, RE: More plug pics Posted by Leif, Wed Feb-13-02 04:21 PM
looks tite, but umm i'm glad you painted it that's for sure...you might have gotten some unwanted attention from other anglers if you left it like it was in the third pic...
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676, RE: More plug pics Posted by brian, Wed Feb-13-02 04:37 PM
You've got a sick and twisted world perspective little boy. }>
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677, RE: More plug pics Posted by Leif, Wed Feb-13-02 05:43 PM
har har har...meeeee? never! i am offended sir. ;-)
http://www.duhspot.com/users/smiley/s/otn/ez/ezpi_blueface.gif -leif- http://www.duhspot.com/users/smiley/s/otn/ez/ezpi_blueface.gif
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678, RE: More plug pics Posted by brian, Fri Nov-15-02 12:48 AM
Ok, a couple more... I'm having way too much fun with the camera. Gotta break it in ya know. Here's a few pics of some round plugs I've made. I used the 9" one at Coyote last weekend.
Ok, first lesson in digital camera 101- use the Nikon software... Here's some more pics.
9" that I used at Coyote- check the damage from not sealing properly. Look around the eyes and the spot where the wood split on the tail.
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b2f136cacb463.jpg
Here's another shot of the damage
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b2f276cc44bfe.jpg
And, some random shots of 7" plugs in no particular order
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b2f2f6ccf65fd.jpg
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b2f1b6cbaa764.jpg
http://www.calfishing.com/dcforum/User_files/3c6b2f216cbdade4.jpg
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679, RE: More plug pics Posted by Phil, Wed Feb-13-02 07:14 PM
Those are some nice lookin' trouts. I really like that baby bass one too. Thanks for sharing.-Phil
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680, RE: More plug pics Posted by Leif, Wed Feb-13-02 07:17 PM
yo what do you make the tails out of? they all look like castiac's.
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681, RE: More plug pics Posted by brian, Wed Feb-13-02 07:33 PM
I pour em from a mold I made.
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682, RE: More plug pics Posted by xcellentfx, Thu Feb-14-02 06:28 AM
Where do you get the dive planes?
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683, RE: More plug pics Posted by brian, Thu Feb-14-02 09:18 AM
That's just lexan from home depot.
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684, RE: More plug pics Posted by CJ, Fri Feb-15-02 11:56 AM
Brian, They look awesome. That baby bass one reminds me of the old Castaic wood bass, but the detail in yours is cleaner. How about making one up in a hitch color for Clear Lake, or a tilapia color for El Salto? I definitely know some people who would be interested.
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685, RE: More plug pics Posted by brian, Sun Feb-17-02 04:37 PM
Tilapia would be interesting. I've thought about making a hitch one too, but I don't fish clear lake enough. I'd have to give it to somebody like rob so it would get fished, and I can't do that... lol. Nah, I'll make one and send it up there and make a tilapia and send it down to you, and finish Josh's plug and Ed's plug (in exchange for some amish freaks, lol) and make myself a couple plugs, and hopefully go to school and go fishing somewhere in there. If/when I finish the tilapia and the hitch I'll post more pics. -Brian
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686, RE: More plug pics Posted by Chris, Tue Feb-19-02 08:18 AM
Brian, What kind of wood are you using to make the plugs? Balsa?
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687, RE: More plug pics Posted by brian, Tue Feb-19-02 10:05 AM
I think it's probably bass wood (seriously). The only dowels I could find with the right diameter was at the craft store, so whatever wood they use for craft wood (I'm assuming bass). At first I was all concerned that I needed a really solid, strong wood like oak or something, but it's not a problem. Balsa might be too light, but anything that's easy to work with but still has enough strength to hold the screws in the bait will work fine. -Brian
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