02-01-2007, 08:45 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Not a dumb question. The only "dumb" question is one you don't ask...and it costs you fish or time wasted.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have messed with spinner blades on a wide variety of lures and bait rigs over the years. I firmly believe that adding some flash and vibration can often be that "something extra" that gets bites when "plain vanilla" doesn't get the job done.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You will find lots of pics and references on this board to my roadrunner (pony head) jigs, with the little spinner blades. I don't leave home without them. Once I started using the cheap little crane swivels, split rings and small blades for the roadrunners I started incorportating them into other lures as well. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the things I do is add "jingle" to jigging spoons by attaching a small blade to the split ring that holds the hook, at the bottom of the spoon. I got the idea from the Swedish Pimple line of spoons. They use colored plastic pieces, but a little silver Colorado, Indiana or willowleaf blade works too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have been making "spinner-butt" flies and lures for quite a few years. Basically, I just tie in a short length of wire when making a dressed jig or fly and then loop on a crane swivel, add a split ring and then a blade. (see pics). When these things are trolled or retrieved, they track in a straight line, but the tail spinner adds a lot of flash and action. Strikes from stripers and other predators are often savage.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You can do the same thing on a stinger hook by just running the hook through the top ring of the crane swivel and then finishing it off with the split ring and blade. You keep the spinner addition from slipping off the hook by using the old basser's trick of slipping a tiny piece of rubber over the hook point after the crane swivel. This lets you add or remove the spinner as you wish...or change colors and/or sizes of blades.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Unless you have a long wire on your stinger hook, there should be no problem with the total length being too long. Depending upon the species and their mode, they often whack the lures in the middle or from the head anyway.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just in case you have never bought or used the flimsy (cheap) crane swivels, here is the page from Barlows in Texas. You can get a hundred of the size 10 or 12 for about $4. Then, get the cheapest light wire split rings you can find. Size 0 or 1 are about right for most blades. You don't have to hold heavy fish on them...just the spinner.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have messed with spinner blades on a wide variety of lures and bait rigs over the years. I firmly believe that adding some flash and vibration can often be that "something extra" that gets bites when "plain vanilla" doesn't get the job done.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You will find lots of pics and references on this board to my roadrunner (pony head) jigs, with the little spinner blades. I don't leave home without them. Once I started using the cheap little crane swivels, split rings and small blades for the roadrunners I started incorportating them into other lures as well. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One of the things I do is add "jingle" to jigging spoons by attaching a small blade to the split ring that holds the hook, at the bottom of the spoon. I got the idea from the Swedish Pimple line of spoons. They use colored plastic pieces, but a little silver Colorado, Indiana or willowleaf blade works too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have been making "spinner-butt" flies and lures for quite a few years. Basically, I just tie in a short length of wire when making a dressed jig or fly and then loop on a crane swivel, add a split ring and then a blade. (see pics). When these things are trolled or retrieved, they track in a straight line, but the tail spinner adds a lot of flash and action. Strikes from stripers and other predators are often savage.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You can do the same thing on a stinger hook by just running the hook through the top ring of the crane swivel and then finishing it off with the split ring and blade. You keep the spinner addition from slipping off the hook by using the old basser's trick of slipping a tiny piece of rubber over the hook point after the crane swivel. This lets you add or remove the spinner as you wish...or change colors and/or sizes of blades.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Unless you have a long wire on your stinger hook, there should be no problem with the total length being too long. Depending upon the species and their mode, they often whack the lures in the middle or from the head anyway.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just in case you have never bought or used the flimsy (cheap) crane swivels, here is the page from Barlows in Texas. You can get a hundred of the size 10 or 12 for about $4. Then, get the cheapest light wire split rings you can find. Size 0 or 1 are about right for most blades. You don't have to hold heavy fish on them...just the spinner.[/#0000ff]
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