Asbury Park Fishing Club Flea Market

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Capt Nick is a small plugbuilder out of Keyport NJ who's been making plugs for many years. He's not looking to get bigger, sell more plugs, OR sell plugs out of season

... there ain't nothin gettin in the way of his fishin time once the season starts.


You can only get his stuff at Asbury, and it's priced to sell all in one day. One hook poppers are $5, 2 hooks are $10. He's been doing the Asbury show for 6 years. He started building because he couldn't find a plug to cast the way he wanted. Nice meetin ya again, Capt.

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Gary Soldati runs Bigwater lures, he wasn't available for a pic but 2 of his friends were glad to show some of his stuff. .

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Billy McFadden is an icon in the plug building community. He's been doing it for many years, and has the weighting, sealing, and finishing down to a science. Richt now he's focusing on Atom40 profile plugs, and some small needles. Atoms $20, needles $10.

Many of the builders I talked to had nothing but good things to say about his generosity and advice he gave them. Billy and his friend were there, nice meetin you guys.

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Bob Hessel from Dingbat Lures. Been doing it for 7 or 8 years, one of his biggest influences was Skippy Lures. These pics don't do justice to the sweet airbrush skills this guy has. Cool meetin ya.

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Run by Rob out of Milford Connecticut. He's been doin it for around 2 years now. With a carpentry background, he's been building and fiddling with stuff his whole life. A few years ago he started playing with plastics to find plugs that would stand up to being banged around a lot. The result is Fish On-8 plugs, price range from $15-20.

Some of the biggest influences in his style have been Gary2's troublemaker. Nice meetin ya, man.

(your pics came out blurry, I'll have to catch up with ya next time, sorry)

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Glen Davis, another Asbury Club member. He's also a locksmith, been fooling around with fixing things and working on machinery his whole life, so plug building was a natural extension. 5 1/2 and 6 1/2" swimmers with bucktail, $20-25. Nice meetin ya again, man.