Rip Plugger's Plugs

[Monty]

1-medium Rip-Runner,7 inches
2-modified fat mullet 6 inches
3-5.5 inch Rip-Splitter


1-modified rip-runner,red over yellow 7 inch.
2-modified rip-runner black over tan 10 inches.
3-hybrid super fat mullet/rip-runner 6 inches,Easterbus


1-super[slim]rip-runner,solid silver 8 inches
2-medium shovelhead,7 inches,red over yellow.
3-medium rip-runner black overgreen,7-1/2 inches black over spring green.

[Monty]

I can't wait to get these wet

[DarkSkies]

" Gotta get a bigger surf bag"


Monty, I think there's a 12 step program for plug addiction, just like for AA. The meetings are held the 1st of the month, I think they have them at Cape May, Sandy Hook, Demo, and Montauk.

I'll be glad to take ya to one. The way it works is you bring all your excess plugs that are bustin that bag open, and let me personally select the ones you could do without. I'll hold them for safekeeping, and you'll gradually get better. Hey, it might hurt, but it's toughlove, someone's gotta do it!

You're doing a great job on those plug shots, you have them set up to really showcase them. Make sure you post Rip-Plugger's e-mail so anyone can ask him about the plugs, not just the members here.

[Monty]

As the action has heated up down here, here are some more of Rip-Pluggers Pluggage:



Modified humpback fat mullet,6 inches surface swimmer/dives to about 2 feet




1-young shovelhead,black/cobalt,7 inches,approx 3 oz,silver accents.
2-the humpster,red over yellow,6 inches approx 2.5 oz,silver accents
3-pikie[my version] 7.5 inches,black/custom mixed chartreuse,silver
accents.


1-slim rip-runner,7 inches,yellow/lavender,silver sparkles.
2-heavy duty rip-runner,limetreuse/gold sparkles.

[CharlieTuna]

Those are some sweet plugs. I like the humpback fat mullet.
Nice work RP.

[nitestrikes]

You guys did a very nice job putting these up, sweet looking work! I might suggest, if it's not too much trouble, to put some prices up with the posts. I maight e-mail some of the pics or stripers and anglers links to some of my friends, and it might make it easier for them to decide with the pricing info attached. Otherwise, great job.

[Monty]

Fat stubby P-knutts

[Monty]

The Tagpole

[Monty]

1-The Waggler,6.5 inches,lemon/lime,maybe 2.5 oz.,gold accents

2-The longshot,orange/yellow about 2.5 oz,8 inches,gold accents

[Monty]

[williehookem]

You guys did a very nice job putting these up, sweet looking work! I might suggest, if it's not too much trouble, to put some prices up with the posts. I maight e-mail some of the pics or stripers and anglers links to some of my friends, and it might make it easier for them to decide with the pricing info attached. Otherwise, great job.

X2 on posting the pricing info, if it's not too much trouble, Monty or RipPlugger. Sweet work.

[Rip-Plugger]

Hi folks,

when I get what I want to sell all put together,where would you guys like them posted,in the sell forum or here??
I am about to put this together so a few will get out to you guys.

R-P

[DarkSkies]

Ya mean R-P will finally have a catalog?


This is as momentous as the day Noah's ark was built!

Surfstix1963 will be so overwhelmed he might fall down laughing and hurt himself.

This is a little more laid back than other places, R-P.
Why not have it in 2 places?

I thought you might put the plugs you want to sell, and the pricing, here:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...splay.php?f=82

because that's where the other Custom stuff is listed, so it makes sense.

You can also maintain this thread here to talk about your plugs, any changes, new plugs you're working on, big bottomed girls , etc, etc.

Whatever ideas and thoughts that run through your head, and you want to talk about, or maybe here you can talk about WHY you made certain plugs the way you did, and whatever else you feel like sharing with us. It's all good. That way people get 2 chances to see your work showcased.

Does that seem simple enough? If not, set it up any way you want, whatever makes the most sense to you.

[Rip-Plugger]

Ok Darkskies,

I'll have them in both places.
let me be clear,I am not going to flood the site with stuff,I will put up stuff to sell as I decide what I wish to sell.
most of what you see is in my bag or stuff Monty has bought as well as any I have given or traded or as a gift to him.
all can be sure that there will be stuff posted regularly and also for sale.

another point I feel is important is this,if someone buys a piece of mine,please,don't be greedy and jump at the next one you find for sale,lets spread it around some others here can get one.
I would hate to see this great site become a free for all like another site some of us know.
Ok M8's,,

oh yeah,Surfstix1963,,ya had to start that catalog stuff huh?

stay well,Rip-Plugger

[bababooey]

yeah LH-36,thats right.

actually my taste is a very wide margin.a woman can be thin and sexy to me,depends on how she's put together.most thin women have nothing to sit on and I needs a butt!
just have to be sexy thats all.curves and some meat is always ok,just ask Beyonce or her backup dancers.

R-P

Is this what you are talking about, rp?



Beautiful pics so far.

[Monty]

This is the first Rip-Plugger Plug that I caught a striper on (last year).
He is selling one here.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ead.php?t=3916

1-5 inch Rip-Splitter in yellow/gold sparkles.
Dives to about 4 feet,1 oz.

[DarkSkies]

Monty had a couple of these in his bag when I ran into him the other night. It's one thing to see it in a pic, but another to see it and look at how huge these plugs are.

It was the first time I had seen any of R-P's stuff and really looked at it. The initial thing that impressed me was the weight. He makes some heavy plugs, and some lighter, but the biggest ones were crowding the slots in Monty's bag. There was no room for more than one in each slot.

These plugs look to me like they will present a big fat profile to a hungry bass. Paint jobs are nice and beautiful to comment about, but the bass are looking at the profile from the bottom. Thick is good when big bait is around.

As I mentioned, I haven't fished them yet, but Monty is lucky enough to fish them all the time. I have to ho or buy one of them next time, and really fish it hard so I can report more.

They do look like they're quality made, the lines are clean and straight. More importantly, they look like they will dig in in deeper water.

When you fish inlets or deep current, the fish don't live or eat on the top unless there are specific concentrations of bait running through.

I think Leon talked today about keeping the presentation in the strike zone where the fish live. That's a big part of fishin, figuring out what part of the water column fish will be at for different situations.

[Monty]

Here:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...splay.php?f=82


1-Super Rip-Runner,8 inch,4 oz. approx. gives a big bait profile and moves
a ton of water with a big waggle.

1-Rip-Shaver,7.5 inch, red/white, approx 2 oz. has a diving
waggle,surface-6 feet.
$16.00 shipping included.

1-Saltwater Dace,Honey/mustard,approx 3-3/4 oz,7-1/8 inches, good for casting or dragging, great to drag behind your boat, green eyes, has a nice waggle no roll.

[Monty]

A few fish Rip-Plugger has caught recently on his plugs.

[DarkSkies]

A few fish Rip-Plugger has caught recently on his plugs.

...And I'm lucky enough to have scored some of those exact same plugs!



I gotta be candid about these plugs. When I first saw he was going to sell them, I had all sorts of ideas about how he could paint them "better".

I honestly didn't like the way they looked in the pics, and thought potential buyers might be swayed because they didn't have the razor sharp airbrush transitions and some of the styles that some of the other builders are putting out.

I know, as a fisherman, that that stuff doesn't matter to the fish. They don't care, they only know if they want to eat it by the profile in the water, and how it moves, not whether it has "scales" or not!

But I was thinking about the marketing of these plugs, and how other fishermen would perceive them, based upon the paint.

After handling them, bashing them against some rocks, and seeing the durable epoxy (or Createx?) he uses as the last coat, I'm liking them more and more. I like the way theycast, the way they swim, and hope to be using them when I can fish them in current to get down to where the fish are. Just fished them a few casts today, but I like all 3.

Hope to get back to you guys soon with a report of me catching a fish on one. Until then, they get for design, and movement in the water.

Here's some pics before and after (he's selling them without hooks, which I think is a good thing for all plugbuilders to notice, as most guys change them out anyway.) I used Wolverine snap rings and Gami trebles. Next time I'll use bigger trebles, but that was all I had layin around and I wanted to fish them today.