What's Cookin' ?

[JMAC_kerel]

A whole lot of awesome plugs and info being posted in this thread guys.

I have not posted much but I have been busy building some plugs and a bit of collaboration stuff. Mostly non-lipped plugs which I like to make and fish but also a new swimmer I am happy with and eager to fully test this Spring. I just need to get some pics taken and posted.

[blondterror]

still making a few more Musso darters including the long skinny one that I had not made before

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by blondterror

still making a few more Musso darters including the long skinny one that I had not made before

Sweet looking plug. I'll be curious how you do with it and how it compares to the Gibbs. I have a copy that was given me but was not impressed by its action and never understood why Musso picked it to be the model for his plastic super strike (which has even less action in my hands).

[N.ShoreFisher]

this is my first attempt at blending colors.....next step epoxy!

[Surf Caster]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Sweet looking plug. I'll be curious how you do with it and how it compares to the Gibbs. I have a copy that was given me but was not impressed by its action and never understood why Musso picked it to be the model for his plastic super strike (which has even less action in my hands).

Don't know, but the plastic ones crush fish.

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Surf Caster

Don't know, but the plastic ones crush fish.

It is all relative. Unless you have fished the bigger darters you have nothing to compare the plastic one to. The plastic work, but more like a subsurface needle than a darter in all but the fastest water. The wide wooden plugs are a class above that.

Then again, I never liked the skinny Gibbs darter either and that is a very good plug for some people so there is always more to learn.

[eskimo]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Sweet looking plug. I'll be curious how you do with it and how it compares to the Gibbs. I have a copy that was given me but was not impressed by its action and never understood why Musso picked it to be the model for his plastic super strike (which has even less action in my hands).

I wondered this after getting my hands on the 3oz. In that recent article he mentioned they started doing better on the Gibb's darter when less larger bait was around and that's when he created his own slimmer version.

With the volume of plugs he put out I wonder if he kept the square ends on his bodies.

[eskimo]

Originally Posted by blondterror

still making a few more Musso darters including the long skinny one that I had not made before

great stuff