Thread: Fishing spoons , swivels ?

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!