plugshack and some of my dads old atoms... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Diggin Jiggin · 10-18-2006, 06:26 PM

Last spring I asked you guys a bunch of questions about building an 8X12 shed for all my plug stuff, and I was thinking of maybe painting my plugs in it. Thanks for your feedback, I spent a lot of weekends on it but its finally finished I'm still not sure whether I'll paint in it this year or not as I have not done any more thinking about how I would heat it and the bills started to add up.

For now all the rods,tackle,boots and rod building stuff will be out there. It's nice to get it out of the house/basement and garage where I was tripping on it all the time.

Bruce, thanks again for the windows. I ended up popping them out of their frames and building horizontal ones.

When I was fishing with my dad last week I went thru some of his old plugs he had in the basement, and I brought home most of his old metal lip swimmers to hang on the wall in there above my rod building bench..

Anyways here's some pics of how it came out. And ya, i'm sure you may see somethings that I did wrong, but I learned a lot too. For one, I now know I never want to build houses for a living.

Diggin Jiggin · 10-18-2006, 06:29 PM

And some old atoms to get started.

Diggin Jiggin · 10-18-2006, 06:33 PM

A closer view for CS

Diggin Jiggin · 10-18-2006, 06:34 PM

and one beater of an old giant pikie.

Squid kids Dad · 10-18-2006, 06:41 PM

Nice job..Enjoy it

harritchate · 10-18-2006, 06:42 PM

now all you need is a sign that says "welcome to man town"

BigFish · 10-18-2006, 06:45 PM

Nice lookin' shed! You do nice work!

BigFish · 10-18-2006, 06:52 PM

DJ....you need a small deck on there that runs from the side with the door around the front...and some stairs!!

NEXT2NUN · 10-18-2006, 07:11 PM

Sweet shed I like the design in the shingles and the long windows.

MassBass · 10-18-2006, 07:14 PM

Nice man cave bro,

What's that blank your're wrapping? Looks to be a RS.

capesams · 10-18-2006, 07:32 PM

Great place...workmanship looks A1 too....I'd go with solid stain on the trim..it just fades away...no peeling..wash.recoat.

those plug's look good too

where you say that shed was located

Guyver · 10-19-2006, 12:00 AM

Looks great but were's da chitter?

Raven · 10-19-2006, 06:14 AM

i'd store that yellow (fiberglass) ladder on the side of it..

so..... i assume your gonna insulate it....?

a building (space) that small wouldn't
take much of a space heater- say oil filled
or otherwise to warm it up (as needed) economically.

ditto on the rap -around deck....

beautiful ... and i mean that literally ....work

JohnR · 10-19-2006, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

And ya, i'm sure you may see somethings that I did wrong, but I learned a lot too. For one, I now know I never want to build houses for a living.

Well, the house isn't level like the land. As mentioned above - no pooper.

Nah, seriously - nice doodshack

Diggin Jiggin · 10-19-2006, 06:40 AM

Ya, it needs a stair or 2 and working on that hill I still need do some landcaping but that will wait till spring.

I want to make a quarterboard for it. I've had in-laws at the house for a lot this year, so i was thinking along the lines of 'Inn-Law Apt' but my wife didn't think it was that funny.

vineyardblues · 10-19-2006, 06:50 AM

Wicked nice shed, I need one too,I can't put a car in my garage with all the junk

I also like how your dad wrap wire around the arse end of the lures

VB

reelecstasy · 10-19-2006, 07:05 AM

Looks great DJ, Striper Alley, Tight Lines and Good Times

Diggin Jiggin · 10-19-2006, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by vineyardblues

Wicked nice shed, I need one too,I can't put a car in my garage with all the junk

I also like how your dad wrap wire around the arse end of the lures

VB

I was talking with him for a while about the lead solder. Those plugs were modified to fish the rips on nantucket. The solder helped you cast into the wind and slowed them down in the rip. The current just cranks thru those rips. When you cast a metal lip in them you don't even reel the rod, you just get the line tight and llet it work thru from front to back. He took one look at those plugs and said, those are Madaket rip plugs. Great point rip plugs had 9 or 12 wraps of solder.

Reelecstasy, I've got that sign in my kitchen and the best part is my wife bought it, and decided thats where to put it.

Flaptail · 10-19-2006, 07:38 AM

In my travels in the days of yore, on Nantucket I was shown how to increase the castability of Windcheater Rebels ( the old better style) by wrapping solder around the ass end about an inch and a half from the belly treble. Tightened the wiggle but cast like a rocket. You epoxied the wrap in place. Hadn't seen that in years.