You do know wood floats right??? LOL I have used both extensively for many years in fact the wood ones float way better and plastic ones crack and all the years ive used wood never seen them get to the point where they are water logged they have to be under water way more then a 8 hour shift. I still have my original wooden lyman shovel nose and have got many a fish, first time i used it got a 38 lber on it. Now it has not much paint on it and still produces I used it HARD for years paint chipped off etc never missed a beat, lets be honest we dont ue them much unless your on the rowing thing or throw one out for "well its slow day"Old wood plugs are more dense and less buoyant than the plastic plugs
I'm going to do my best to get teeth marks in both those shovel nose louies in the tyee pool this summer.
I love my Louie’s, I have been fishing them for 10 years now and they will produce. Never had much success with the factory patterns and I only use 5-6 basic patterns with either a glow or uv base. You don’t have to troll fast like the Tomics to get that erratic darting action. I rig my Louie with tandem eagle claw laser sharp X3 strong size 4 trebles that are nice and light and I don’t get much hook swing damage on the plug. I believe the light hardware might also effect the action. I also like when you hookup the plug floats up the mainline to the surface.I can’t say for sure if the wood plugs out fish the plastic plugs.
First Picture
Top plug Shovel
Middle plastic stubby
Bottom plastic 5 1/2 Standard
Second Picture All 4 wood
Top wood glass eye stubby
Middle wood 5 1/2 Standard
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Beautiful Plugs !!!
I have enjoyed the opportunity to angle with plugs most of my life. I have collected a few cool old designs over the years, both wood, metal and plastic. I am not concerned about the integrity of a wood plug other than it does have a lifespan if the substrate coating gets compromised. I made a small investment into some tools and materials like some sized yellow cedar. It will be fun to play around a bit with some ideas that I have had for a very long time. I'm jumping in with both feet...it should be interesting.
I'm going to do my best to get teeth marks in both those shovel nose louies in the tyee pool this summer.