Hi all, and hope everyone's doing well! I was getting pretty bored the other day and thought maybe I should wipe down some of my reels and take some pics. I also went back to some of my photo galleries as it looks like this is as close as I'm going to come to fishing for a while. The weather on the east coast absolutely sucks!
These are a few of the reels that are not mounted on rods.
I was fortunate to acquired most of this stuff before I retired. I worked as a tool maker, tool rm foreman and even ran a gunshop doing gunsmithing for a while. Also worked in R&D building machinery and medical instruments. Boy I really miss having access to the shop. I have been looking at a Smithy which will at least handle some of my projects but its out of reach for now. I have a good friend who is also in the tool business and he wants to buy the machinery and have me work it! Hope it happens!
I was constantly buying, selling, trading, building, ............. ya know its a disease!
I like the penn stuff, jigmasters, squidders, 113h's, tib and accurate frames, newell conversions, yts's and on and on.
Even have a couple of Omoto's I bought from Alan when he first had them available.
Theres also a few pics (Dancin with the BIG GIRLS), Striped Bass have always been my passion for longer than I care to remember. I think there's a 48 and a few 50lb+ big girls.
Mostly fish bucktails, Tube n Worm, and my own big plugs which I've been working on for years. Spent more than 5yrs on a design and got it to consistently catch fish.
There's a pic of the fly tying and plug bench. (messy) and also a plug drier that was made at home on a budget with hand tools. Nothing fancy, just something that works using and old BB grill motor.
Also have a pic of a line winder. Again, nothing fancy, made on a budget with simple hand tools and goodies from Home Depot you could easily make yourself.
The plugs hanging from the ceiling, been working on them for a long time to get them to swim and catch. I have 3 master plugs that I use as models to get all the ones I make to swim the same.
Hope I didn't totally bore you but with NO FISING I just had to let off some steam!!!!
Let s see if all the pictures load? Nothings in order will probably have to do a couple of posts to get everything on as I don't know what I'm doing!!!!
Here's a few more!
A few more!
Last few, I think?
SORRY.
This is it!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice strippers, and reels too.
Wow, those are some big stripers.
What a work bench too.
Striper Lou, nice photos. Love the plugs. All around it looks like you have it wired! Quick question. On your line winder...what did you use for the motor. Looks like you have it on a foot switch?
Thanks,
Bob
Hey BMITCH,
Motor and foot control came from the auction site. There's a bunch of them on there. The one you want is the Heavy duty sewing machine motor and foot pedal. Cost is about $25.
If you cant find it I'll look it up and post it for you here!
...................Lou
Thanks Lou! I didn't even think about looking on there. I was fairly sure that the sewing machine motor is what most are using for that build. I already have the measurement wheel. So this will help a bunch. Thanks for the heads up.
Bob
I like the flies. Good fluke teasers are they?
They are great fluke teasers and I tie larger one's on open eye siwash hooks so you can squeeze them down on jigs or plugs.
The real deal is the fluke stingers I make. All I've mad so far this winter are gone. Here's what they look like:
Hey, if you make some more I would like to give them a try. Thanks.
--Mike
Hey mike, thanks for the reply. I'll try my very best to make some more. This time is tough now as everyone has plug orders in and I'm working like crazy to get them done.
The fluke stingers are amazing! We tie them on 30lb fluro. Sinker at the bottom, then a 10" long dropper 8" up from the bottom, and then a second 10" dropper up 10 to 12" from the last one.
Put the rigs in a plastic ziplock and add bunker oil and let the whole rig soak over nite. Tip them with smelt and your ready to go.
I couldn't make enough of them last year and as a bonus they killed the seabass on them.
Impressive fish and reels Lou - thanks for sharing!
Wow Lou, that's some amazing fish and gear. Thanks for sharing!
Sal
This Mike also likes what your making for Fluke but the Flies on top are better suited for Moriches Bay. The middle left & the bottom left on 3/0 Gama hooks would Kill the Fluke. They look like Spearing in the water.
Mike
Hey, thanks for all the replies so far. I have to admit that this without a doubt is one of the best forums. All the people are great and there's such a tremendous amount of knowledge.
Mike, I did tie some of the bucktails up on 3/0 and 4/0 gammys but I ran out of hooks near the end of the season and couldn't come up with anymore from a couple different wholesalers!
Really cant afford to use hooks bought at retail cause there's pennies to be made on them. Really though, I do them cause I enjoy it. Takes a while to make them and if I can make 50 cent a hour it goes into Lou's tackle fund!!!!!
If there's something you would like to see tied please let me know. Right now its a bit hectic as I have a load of plug orders to fill. A club group has been placing orders every year for the last several, and I build every one by myself. Beats the heck out of working in the shop!!!!!
regards to all, .. Lou
Lou
I'm in no real hurry. Fluke don't hit L.I. till early - mid May. I'm on here daily & if you click my name my email comes up.
I know what you mean about a little profit. For a few years I was & still am making Tube Tails to go on Jigs. I use Limerick hooks that don't bend & Bead Chain. They really spin. I worked Galley on 2 boats in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn until 2 years ago.
Mike
Thanks for the Ride Lou. I hope you get bored again and show us more. ;)
Good Stuff Buddy. ;D
Daron
Very Nice Lou! If you do end up putting together more of those Fluke/Flounder/Sea Bass rigs put me down for a few as well. Thanks for sharing!