The Fisherman Plug Building Series: The Danny Pichney Bootleg
A ‘suspect’ swimmer made by one of the legends of wooden plugs. The relationship between Danny Pichney and Donny Musso…
Plug Building
Plug Building 2025: The Surf Howdy
A unique spook design that became its own trend in the mid-2000s.
Plug Building 2025: The Hab’s Stubby
A pint-sized plug with a knack for hooking big bass!
Plug Building: CT Yankee Dual Action Swimmer
Building the challenging and unique ‘Dual Action Swimmer’ made by CT Yankee Lures.
Plug Build 1: The Gibbs Jointed GTS
“A Gibbs ‘shop special’ from the 1970’s reborn 50 years later!”
Plug Building 2: Rat Swimbait
A wooden rodent with a history of hooking giant bass!
Plug Building 2021: The Cutlass Supreme
A modern take on a Rhode Island classic that has been producing large striped bass for years.
Plug Building 2021: A Mini Bottle Plug
After 15 years of these articles, we finally tackle the Bottle Plug!
How To: Build A Wood Darter
All you need to know to get started building one of the Striper Coast’s more popular striped bass plugs.
2020 Plug Build: The Cinto Eel
A triple jointed eel designed by the late Charlie Cinto.
Topwater Tactics: Big Pencils
Whether you fish the Canal or an open beach, large pencil poppers have a way of consistently drawing strikes from cow bass.
2020 Plug Building: The 2T Pencil
The story behind and the instructions to build a lure that has reached almost mythical status in recent years up and down the Striper Coast.
Go-to Plugs: An Efficient Surf Bag
Having confidence in a handful of plugs instead of cramming your bag with dozens of options will lighten your load and cover a variety of situations.
Plug Building: The Hawg Hunter Pencil
Looking back at a Canal classic with appeal up and down the Striper Coast.
Plug Building: The Big Weasel
Because of their scarcity, swimming an original is completely out of the question.
Nat’s Needle
Kicking back to a needlefish plug designed by legendary Long Island surfcaster Nat Piazza.
