Quote Originally Posted by cgc1productions View Post
Nice lures and likely very effective! Can I ask from where did you source the wide willow blades?


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Dr Fish

Easy to find and inexpensive. You do surly get your money’s worth, no matter what you choose, and these are cheap things. I happen to have them as I am learning about sizings and shapes and sculps, and harmonics and metallurgical considerations. Samples mostly. It is how I will learn best. Ease in and wade about and pay attention.

Willow blade swings wild more than it spins. Seems to me so. Colorado blades aggressively swing out wide. Spin cycle for Colorado blades seems to be about the same no matter size. Likely very noisy as they pass in review, with lots of added “sonic” waves and such like.

OTB dazzled like that. How proud I would be to fall victim to this man’s creations. LOL

So…….I have made a few new variations to test. I am spending all my trips trying to discover and learn. Well dedicated to fishing trips…… I do that anyways.

I am unable to provide you guidances. The little insider tricks and discoveries the pros know. You can always check in here as I am gonna continue to tell folks what I am seeing. I think bladed jigs have their days when nothing else comes close. I know they have their days when the fish just hate a blade. An arrow in my quiver is all.

I am disappointed that this was never considered by Do-It. The wire falling out. Even so it lended it’s best towards me figuring out this modification. The wire doesn’t wobble about and I suspect many molds can be modified to work in this fashion. The end product allows long tail baits to be used in conjunction with a blade. Tons of sound, vibration and color going by at 1.0 mph.

I think long lining beats spider rigging on my lakes.