I first came across RM Smith's work on Joe Lyon's web site, Surfcasting Rhode Island. As soon as I saw Ryan's work, I wanted some. There was one small problem, Ryan's plugs had already been pulled off the site (sold out). The details are fuzzy but I do remember I was able to get one plug from Joe, a one ounce chartreuse scale over pearl.

I now have over eight dozen of RM Smith's plugs and always have a few with me. They are not only visibly spectacular, they swim beautifully, and are constructed extremely well.

Ryan puts a lot of work into each plug and you can see it in the finished product. Ryan could easily charge more, but he chooses not too. His goal is to produce a high quality product with a reasonable price.

Ryan presently offers several swimmers in various sizes and jointed models, as well as a killer Danny plug I begged him to start making after fishing one :)

Ryan introduced the "Surf Strider" below, in May 2007. It is unlike any other plug I have fished.