Polaris poppers
 

gibbs copies



Yellow

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Green Scales


Yellow w/ pearl white scales made this cool chamelion effect.

the top two pics are crappy,

top is silver - dark blue on top - pogie spot (storm shad color scheme)

2nd is silver - black top

someone help - i'm seein' spots :spin:

last a couple pearl white w/blue heads

YS,your out of control with that awesome paint and finish:kewl:

Re: Polaris poppers
 

They look just like a gibb's , nice work :kewl: Nice paint too

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

VERY VERY NICE !!


I'll take all of them !!!:D

You do nice clean work Youngsalt :btu:
very custom looking.

belly shot
grommets look great

Using the duplicator now, i get a much better overall finish with less sanding.

mouth shot :hee:

Those are dynamite!:eek: Very sexy and sleek looking!:drool:

NICE!

Oh my... I think I have soiled my plugbag :drool:


Slip's right on the money....clean clean clean. sweet pluggage:kewl:

love polars' good job YS!

Nice, shades of a young Mr. Pogie!:D

HOLY #$%%

CRAZY GOOD. WOW.

Whoa there YS!!!! BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!!
I really need one of them, the yellow silver one!!!!

:claps:
Tough to find finer than that. Very Nice.

Beautiful... You done Gibbs proud ...

Seen alot of different shapes like women on the polaris model done by builders here an to be honest i did.'t really care for em .Sorry but everyone has there own tastes.

U Nailed it beatifull plugs an the best choice in colors.very nice can i have one. a heavy one.I would consider it a honor.


Ooops I'm slippin back into my old ways.....

:happy: :happy: :D

:eek: tough to do any better job than that...:drool:

beautiful poppers mang :claps:

Those are the best looking poppers I have ever seen! Your killin me over here :) The color and pattern choices are PRIMO! Excellant job on the tails as well. I need all the specifics though. Whats the weight? What are they made out of? How did you get the faces cupped so perfect? What clear finish are you using?

I gotta know ALL the details! Please Please tell me:D

Excellent job:claps: :btu: :btu:

Bernzy

Those are awesome...Love the White/blue and the Yellow/Red.

I too am curious how you cupped those so perfectly

Nice Work !!!
I love poppers.....so....I love them!!
:happy: :happy: :happy:

Beautiful work, they look like custom furniture. You are a master!;)

on average they weighed 1.77 - 1.85 oz. i was looking for 2.18 oz, next time i will add a second 1/4 oz tailweight in the back. they also float a little higher than the recent gibbs (sits almost verticle) i was going by.

I made some last year that were unweighted, and they worked well, both in terms of casting and fish catching. i'm sure i'll do fine with these.

wood is AYC
envirotex finish

to do the mouths i started with a forstner bit, next i do the angle cut on the bandsaw (you can't drill with the forstner after the angle is cut). then i round them out with this oval shaped rasp. i chuck the bit into the drill press and hold the plug (i don't spin it). if you only move the plug in the opposite direction the cutter is spinning it will not 'grab' if you try going clockwise you will have problems. after the rasp i sanded with some 60-80 grit, then 120-180 to finish.

the rasp i was talking about....