Brian

I made this guy from a small piece of 2×4 I had saved from one of my home renovations. 60 years old and dry as a bone. Extremely buoyant, which I’m...

Jack Frech was a legendary Long Island surf fisher and plug builder. In the 70s, he wrote a series of articles for a fishing magazine that included...

5", 1.9 oz rigged, from 1" poplar dowel. Swims perfectly, which is actually kind of shocking. Everyone says this is a very difficult one to get rig...

They’re coming out better with a little experience. This one is 2-3/4 oz and lead weighted in the entire bottom behind the treble hook. It should b...

Here’s one I whipped together yesterday. It’s an idea I’ve been kicking around a long time. I’ve seen a couple of things similar to this on the int...

I decided to make plugs for fishing. I live in Long Island, NY and the surf fishing here is legendary. I’m new to it. My son got me into it last ye...

I’m very happy to report that all 10 of my doors, which have all gone through at least one complete heating and cooling season, have not moved at a...

I seem to have a knack for doing things backward. This time I cut the hinge mortises on the door upside down, meaning I thought the top was the bot...

Number 8 of 12 is done. Painted and installed. This one is 18" and goes to the attic. Picked up the lumber for 9 and 10 last night after trick or t...

Number 7 is in the books. Boy, hanging this one was worse than all the others. The old owner of my house did some reconfiguring and the wall at the...

I worked from home today and had a few free minutes so I painted the other side of the door. Yay. Paint is done. Then I demoed the old door and buc...

Today I caught a break. My wife had to go to the doctor so she was home to take care of the baby when I got home. That gave me a much needed extra ...