Ice Blades

[snake River]

We made up some ice blades today they are three-quarter inch.

[MCG1]

Looks good Bob. What weight, what size hook. What does the back side look like? Can you move that dot down to the bottom of the bait?

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Nice!

[snake River]

Looks good Bob. What weight, what size hook. What does the back side look like? Can you move that dot down to the bottom of the bait?

Hook size number six the blade size is about 3/4 of an inch weight is pretty close to about 1/32oz. Yes we can move the dot around anywhere.

[MCG1]

Good looking bait Bob. I will send a PM on payday.

[shipahoy41]

We made up some ice blades today they are three-quarter inch.

Well done my friend. I started off making "Pinmins" over 50 years ago in Akron Ohio. I learned the technique from Jack Manda who owned a bait shop on Portage Lakes. I supplied his shop with "Pinmins" which stood for Pin Minnows for about a dozen years. That is what we called Ice blades back then. Folks, they are great in hard water and also soft water. Lately, I have also been soldering ice blades too, but in a different style so you can tie some Marabou on them. Here is a photo. Just solder a #6 jig hook to the small shell Snake River. It will make the ice blade like a glider action. Weight will be about 1/64th ounce. The white yarn wrap represents a wax worm and the marabou gives it action. It also holds "Slab Sauce" quite well.






Mike

[Redge]

I bet those will catch some.


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[MCG1]

What other colors are you going to make Bob?

[snake River]

What other colors are you going to make Bob?

They could be made into any color chartreuse pink orange purple black white pearl white green emerald green just to give you example.

[snake River]

Well done my friend. I started off making "Pinmins" over 50 years ago in Akron Ohio. I learned the technique from Jack Manda who owned a bait shop on Portage Lakes. I supplied his shop with "Pinmins" which stood for Pin Minnows for about a dozen years. That is what we called Ice blades back then. Folks, they are great in hard water and also soft water. Lately, I have also been soldering ice blades too, but in a different style so you can tie some Marabou on them. Here is a photo. Just solder a #6 jig hook to the small shell Snake River. It will make the ice blade like a glider action. Weight will be about 1/64th ounce. The white yarn wrap represents a wax worm and the marabou gives it action. It also holds "Slab Sauce" quite well.







Mike

Mike where are getting your long shank gold hooks to fit a regular ice blade Number size 6 in 4. Another question on the size of Willow leaf blades would a number 3 be about an inch and a half .
Soldering a jig hook to a regular Colorado blade does that wobble when you jig it.