Beetle Spin - anyone use them?

[TubeDude]

[#0000FF]I was first introduced to beetle spins in the late 1970s. I fell in love with them after adding them to the tubes and twisters I used for bass. The fish loved them too.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I have been tieing flies, making jigs and other lures for several decades. At some point that included learning to work with wire...to make spinners and other lures. One of the things I developed was modifying some of my jig molds to accept a piece of wire...to which I could later add blades and beads. Since then, I always have some form of homemade "beetle spin" or other spinner-enhanced lures on almost every trip upon the waters.
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[#0000FF]Here are some pics. You will notice that some of the mini-spinner baits have been left without hooks. That allows you to use a split ring to add single or treble hooks...or dressed flies, etc. And in one picture you can see that I sometimes build the finished product with small tube jigs.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]I could not begin to count the number of fish...or species...that I have convinced to accept my spinner-enhanced goodies. They do work.
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