I needed a break fom the conventional.. so I went back a few years...
while fishing gooseberry island back in the early 70's I was catching a few schoolies, while this other Gent was catching cows... Later he came over and spoke to me and showed me what he was using, being relatively new to the game, I didnt recognise the signifigance of the plug he showed me....
A month or so ago, I saw one in a post and it jogged my, now, not so young memory....
So I built an old school Atom style swimmer.
What differs is the rigging, weighting and the paint.
Because I didnt want to use any glue or epoxy, I drilled the belly hole and filled with hot lead, I filed off the flash over and drilled and installed a screw to keep the weight in place
The plug is sealed with BLO, dipped in oil based primer, then dipped in white oil based paint, after the paint cured, several coats of clear varnish were applied, glitter was applied before the second to last coat, and the hardware installed via press fit allowing the varnish to make the final adhesion..
1/8 cotter pins provide the swivel hook hangers and tail hook and line pull are made up of cotter pins that are secured via #4X1 brass screws...
while fishing gooseberry island back in the early 70's I was catching a few schoolies, while this other Gent was catching cows... Later he came over and spoke to me and showed me what he was using, being relatively new to the game, I didnt recognise the signifigance of the plug he showed me....
A month or so ago, I saw one in a post and it jogged my, now, not so young memory....
So I built an old school Atom style swimmer.
What differs is the rigging, weighting and the paint.
Because I didnt want to use any glue or epoxy, I drilled the belly hole and filled with hot lead, I filed off the flash over and drilled and installed a screw to keep the weight in place
The plug is sealed with BLO, dipped in oil based primer, then dipped in white oil based paint, after the paint cured, several coats of clear varnish were applied, glitter was applied before the second to last coat, and the hardware installed via press fit allowing the varnish to make the final adhesion..
1/8 cotter pins provide the swivel hook hangers and tail hook and line pull are made up of cotter pins that are secured via #4X1 brass screws...