Has anyone bought any of these? I found a guy who sells them, and they look great. I was just curious if there would be any downfalls from custom paint?

What kind of plugs are they? If it isn't already crazing, cracking, peeling or melting the plastic I cant think of any drawbacks.

They are mag warts. I found them online. They are brand new, so there shouldn't be any flaws. Also, they are the Pre-rapala warts, which I have heard are a better engineered plug. Don't know for sure. They look like they are really well done. The guy is out of Yakima, and fishes steelies around here. He has a buddy back east paint them. They look really good. He wants about $12 a piece for them. I am going to buy a couple and see what happens....

Just my humble opinion but no plug that isn't already covered with teeth marks is worth $12. Sometimes color makes a difference but mostly it is the wiggle that catches fish. Only about one in ten (or fewer) of the exact same plug will be a hot producer. Some of my best ones have hardly any color left on them at all.

Also, dunno about paying a premium for Mag Warts for steelhead. They work but smaller plugs like the the standard warts, Tadpollys, etc seem to be a bit better. I do like the Mag Warts for salmon though.

So did you order? How do they look?

Am thinking about buying a cheap airbrush and compressor. Painting plugs and spinner blades should be pretty easy. Would be especially cool if there is a way to order unpainted plugs.

Went to McNary and caught an 11 lb keeper on one of the new plugs. I was stoked! The guy that paints them said he gets "blanks" from somewhere. They are the pre-rapala kind, which he says had better action. I am not sure. I just know that one of them worked for me!

Here was the lucky one....

Good looking plug and I also believe he is right about the pre-Rapala Warts.

Nice job Wrangler on the 11lb keeper. My biggest keeper this year is 8lb. Where did you pick it up at?

We were headed up river on the Oregon side...