plugshack and some of my dads old atoms...

[Diggin Jiggin]

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]

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.