Introduction and latest work

[montauksurfcaster]

Hello Stripers247,
My name is nick, I'm 13 years old and have been building for around 5 months. All my work is done by an airbrush, an airpro tools ps900 and a master g13. My family was never into plug building, except for my uncle, But I enjoy it alot. Heres some of my recent work. looking forward to meeting you all. This is my last 2 weeks work,oldest to newest.

Herring Darter


Willy Young Popper in Herring


Another Lighter herring darter


herring needlefish


habs Needle Repaint


HUGE mack Pencil


Smaller Mack Pencil


Mack Deep Diving slopehead


Mack Danny


Mack Conrad Eelskin


Mack Needle


Bunker Pikies






And some stuff I'm working on for friday, 3 Jointed Pikies







Enjoy!
Nick

[Striperjim]

Very Impressive work there Nick. and your only 13?

Have you taken any out for a swim yet?

[Rickski]

Very impressive indeed. Keep up the good work.

[jimi4290]

stick with it...your well on your way.

[Roccus]

Looks like you are well on your way... enjoy.

[jimi4290]

a few pointers that i can offer is to try and cut your lip slots as straight as you can and try to get your belly grommets to seat in all the way so they wont fall out. a good rule of thumb is to assemble and test swim after you seal them, but before you take the time to paint em. a good swimming plug is more important than a pretty one.

[montauksurfcaster]

Thank you everyone for the replys. yep, I'm 13 years old. i'm found on other sites aswell. Every style has been made before and tested except the jointed pikies. The darters, needles, WY Popper, dannys pikies, and everything have been fished in M. We did good on the pikies when the bunker moved in in NOV. The needle that is painted herring has produced for me in white on the NS on dark nights.

Jim,
Thanks for the advice! If these swim, they will be stripped down to find weight location and to be replicated for future building. I put a lot of thought into these, and am confident in them. Also, about the grommets, I ran out of the bigger size so the smaller ones where my last option, and didnt fit uniform to the whole. I will etex them in sometime tonight. Thanks guys!
Nick

[rclark12]

wow i wish you lived near me i just turned 16 none of my friends build i wish i had some one to make them with...and nice plugs..
with the triple jointed pikie do you find those cuts will give it better action?

[rclark12]

o yea forgot to ask... how do you have the one jointed pikie connected i see the tail end is thru wire wut is the other piece the wire is put thru

[montauksurfcaster]

Originally Posted by rclark12

wow i wish you lived near me i just turned 16 none of my friends build i wish i had some one to make them with...and nice plugs..
with the triple jointed pikie do you find those cuts will give it better action?

Rclark,
I understand what you mean. I live 3 hours from the water, but it doesn't stop us from getting out. With that said, no one aaround here even knows what surfcasting is. The cuts aren't needed, but do help with flexability when he plug is swimming. I beleive some of ryan smiths jointed rm's have them.
Nick

[montauksurfcaster]

Originally Posted by rclark12

o yea forgot to ask... how do you have the one jointed pikie connected i see the tail end is thru wire wut is the other piece the wire is put thru

You have your head of the pikie,and you have all the hardware in and you through whire it. You make the tail wrap like you normaly would. Then, You take the back portion of it, and stick the wire in but keep it so the eye (loop on the top of wire) is sticking out a few inches. Now take the eye, and slide it over the tail wrap of the pikies head. Then slide the back portion up the wire, and slide the eye of the wire into the back portion with the tail wrap connected.I'm working on another, so If this confuses you let me know and I can get you pics.
Thanks for the comments guys, these look amazing etexed.
Nick

[rclark12]

few pics normaly helps with the understanding lol so if you dont mind taking a few pics i would greatly appreciate it

[montauksurfcaster]

Hey R clark, The Body is made. Its gonna be a few days if thats ok, I took a few very deep cuts to my finger.
Nick

[rclark12]

take your time nick i won't be working for quite some time more then a week maybe.. dont feel rushed at all wen ever you get time................thanks