The two baits that will fish in a head to head battle have been stripped to their birthday suits.

 

The craftmanship on the old plug is crazy. It has a full wire-through loom and the hooks had to be cut off. I honestly don't even know if split rings existed when this bait was made. I will have to add split rings as a result but will try to match the original hooks as best I can when re assembling the bait.

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 Now the baits have a thick coat of rock hard epoxy primer

I will get them sanded and painted next week and ready them for the face off. Stay tuned