PLUGFEST plug CONTEST

[Canalman]

Hey Larry empty ya pms

[BigFish]

Empty Dave...sorry!

[ThrowingTimber]

You guys did a great job. I think the fact that there are other categories built in to the whole thing besides best of show levels out the playing field.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by ThrowingTimber

You guys did a great job. I think the fact that there are other categories built in to the whole thing besides best of show levels out the playing field.

Ya Vic, you took that catching cow catagory from me this year , but next year I"LL BE BACK

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As a side bar we need an oxygen tent for BandsawEddy when he goes all woosy

Maybe the XrayBandit Doc could lend a hand

[Striperknight]

Why have a another table full of plugs that will go in your bag? The whole rest of that room is that.

Push the your limits, grow as a builder and have fun with this contest.
I had a blast making the "hunk of wood", and a bigger one looking at that table on Sat. dave/Canalman - - - I had fun.

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Yes I plan to fish the bunker head. I created it to fill a niche. I'm gonna have to have someone whip me up one of those chipmonk skin bags to carry it in.
I've gotten offers to field test it and request make copies of it.
Only time will tell.

[numbskull]

Lots of valid points here. First, though, let me say that I felt Canalman's plug was a deserving winner based on gut feeling alone..........if I had to pick the one plug in the show I'd want to own, that was it. The shape, paint, detail, and imagination were all first rate. It epitomized much of the reasons we like plugs. Last year it would have been Slip's Tiger needle (which is still the most perfect plug I have ever seen). Both plugs are too pretty to fish, but I think both could be made to work just fine (think of Canalman's plug zigzagging/rolling on the surface, struggling to stay upright, with that big tail flapping................BOOM). On the other hand, I agree that something designed for a laugh, like what I made, shouldn't ( but inevitably does) steal votes from guys who make a serious effort to build a real plug.

So, considering the issues, I'd favor reducing the value of the prizes, maybe making separate practical and whimsical categories, and narrowing the spectrum by specifying a type of plug (i.e., a needlefish, or popper, or darter, etc) for each year's contest so we are all building our own variations of the same thing. That would level the playing field a bit while still leaving ample room for imagination, innovation, and, most importantly, fun.

[Slipknot]

OK, from what I gather, here is my observations.

1. Next year we need 2 different catagories to judge by = One for serious actual fishable plugs that one would use in their plugbag. and Two- a novelty catagory for plugs that are dreamt up and brought to life by imagination and artistry whether they are handcarved or lathe turned, with crazy paintjobs or realistic ones. Anyone can enter a plug even in both catagories as long as they are present at the plugapalooza.

2. Then we need a long tub of water to test swim the creations in.

3. The prizes are forgone for simple bragging rights and a certificate, therefore there will be no entrance fee in order to submit a plug.

4. The winner from the past year has to organize the whole plugfest the next year

5. note to self not to eat Flaptails kelbassa next year as it might contain some kind of black squirrel creature meat

6. maybe more people can step up and help with the planning of the event and we can have it somewhere larger next year as it looks to have outgrown the club where it's been the past 3 years. I have someplace in mind already. I like the freeflow of the plugfest as people can mingle and talk plugs with others that have the same addiction. This year the tools didn't get used as the event has grown past that part of it I guess.

Carry on, I think I'm tired, long day today

[Redsoxticket]

Scout a location with access to a swimming pool for the plug testing along with the gym for the actual plugfest at the same facility. Those that work for the school department may help achieve such location.
What do you think of this idea ?

Originally Posted by Slipknot

OK, from what I gather, here is my observations.


6. maybe more people can step up and help with the planning of the event and we can have it somewhere larger next year as it looks to have outgrown the club where it's been the past 3 years. I have someplace in mind already. I like the freeflow of the plugfest as people can mingle and talk plugs with others that have the same addiction. This year the tools didn't get used as the event has grown past that part of it I guess.