Thread: Fishing spoons , swivels ?

Gillchaser,
I fish small spoons quite a bit and only use nylon lines. If a spoon is run at proper speed it wobbles and will not twist line, if reeled too fast and spins it will twist line. Sometimes you are in a hurry to recast and wind too fast, so I always tie a Raven micro swivel about 2ft. above spoon. They come in 4 sizes, all are very small and I use them for most lures if line twist is a concern. Hope this helps some.

Same as what moon said. I been fishing spoons out here for the past 6 weeks with no issues...some as small as 0.5 grams. I don't use the swivels on spoons. Most fish spoons way too fast.


Regards

Geese, I though you were supposed to use swivels! I used to use then a lot and used the swivels with a snap to hook right onto that ring that was on spoons. Sounds like I did it wrong for years! :-)

Not wrong but that way adds a lot of hardware in the wrong place, to most folks way of thinking. My thought is that the weight so close may change the action of the spoon. I have a few ball bearing swivels that I use about two feet from the bait and have watched some gills pay attention to the swivel.

Originally Posted by skeetbum

Not wrong but that way adds a lot of hardware in the wrong place, to most folks way of thinking. My thought is that the weight so close may change the action of the spoon. I have a few ball bearing swivels that I use about two feet from the bait and have watched some gills pay attention to the swivel.

I’ve seen small gills nip at my size 12 swivel about 14” above my lure .

Originally Posted by gillchaser999

I’ve seen small gills nip at my size 12 swivel about 14” above my lure .

When I start seeing that more often than not, and they act like your lure is not even there, I grab one of these little guys. No fly rod, just run a few feet behind a weighted strike indicator. Almost seems like cheating OR maybe just getting even!