Plug Building: CT Yankee Dual Action Swimmer
Building the challenging and unique ‘Dual Action Swimmer’ made by CT Yankee Lures.
Plug Building
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.
Plug Building 2017 Part 3: The Soco Chief
The SoCo Chief is considered by many vintage plug collectors to be the Holy Grail.
Plug Building: The Updated Banana
Modernizing the unique and ingenious wooden bunker plug.
Plug Building: Trophy Tackle Needlefish
One of the Striper Coast’s more respected plug builders takes on the Trophy Needlefish, a design that relied heavily on input from legendary surfman Steve Campo.
