Hey Grumpy, Like This?

[mchech]

Got out of the sack this morning and the ground was covered with snow. Stayed in my jammies and worked a few jigs and on this........1/16 oz. lure body, 0.035 wire, #2 or 3 deep cup Colorado blade, #6 Gamakaka siwash hook. I'm going to all single hooks on my spinners. Before I used to hide a small treble in the tail as a stinger. I like Colorado blades because they spin at slow speeds. Sight fishing around wood got me hooked on those blades because I could control the depth much better over logs and brush. I just wonder if a panfish would straighten that bed and would it effectively reduce line twist.

[GrumpyLoomis]

I don't see why that wont work. i do agree with the Colorado but don't hate indiana blades. This is not nearly as complicated as I made the triangle. I do need to get away from the treble hook. Good lookin spinner.

[tahoe 50]

That looks like a spinner you would see in the store. Great looking.

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[mchech]

I don't see why that wont work. i do agree with the Colorado but don't hate Indiana blades. This is not nearly as complicated as I made the triangle. I do need to get away from the treble hook. Good lookin spinner.

Not a thing wrong with Indiana blades...I used to fish trout in a stream that had lots of sunken trees. I'd swim a spinner around those logs. With Polaroids on I could watch the spinner rise and fall around the wood depending on the speed of the retrieve. I found Colorado's stayed spinning much easier than the others. I need to get out and test this spinner. Hardest thing I had to figure out when I tried single hooks is this. Too many times the single hook came back hung up on the twisted wire eye at 90*. The eye on the single hook was too small even with 0.024 wire. The siwash hook has a larger eye almost like a treble which allows it to swing free and come back straight inline.

[skiptomylu]

While you guys are talking about blades, do any of you know what this blade is like?

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Whiptail Spinner Blades

[DockShootinJack]

Awesome spinner

[mchech]

I never used them but it looks like it would make a spinner wobble. Tomahawk blades are similar. Could be they are designed for something like a walleye crawler harness. I've never seen them on an inline spinner. Never used them. When I tied crawler harnesses I use Colorado, Indiana and some willow blades. Willows are popular on Lake Erie.

[skeetbum]

That’s a great looking spinner. I think the bend will survive better than you think. Very good detail.

[GrumpyLoomis]

Well the addiction kicked in and and I messed up some wire. I bent .034 wire, plated chrome bead, clevis w/Indiana blade, 2 #/32 worm weights separated by a glow rubber oval bead, another plated chrome bead, yellow marabou and a #10 treble hook. I don't have a decent wire bender so it turned poorly but it might work as an mchech imitation. LOL

[skiptomylu]

Thanks guys, now I just wish they made them a little smaller than the size 1. It's a lot larger than say a #1 Willow.

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