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Too much bling I imagine. Probably spook them. I made one with a propeller up front instead of an in line spinner design. It was just OK. First attempt - so there were design issues. Scraped it.

I wanted to learn about blades and no one seems to know much other than try different shapes and sizes and see what the fish want. So I shall. The reason being is for my local fish they seem to like a spinning blade. The waters are stained and dark so vision is probably not an issue. I want to get that perfect sound. The sound attracts them and then the vibration clues them in on location. So sound is more important to get right. But what sound ?

Obviously speed of the blade spinning matters. I adjust my boat speed until I see the rod tip jiggle. Not all 8 rods, but until one does this. Then I have to assume all the others are also spinning wildly. Maybe they do maybe they don’t, but if I ever match up all my designs and blade sizes and shapes and such they will.

Totally sold on the under spin design I came up with. The modification to the mold was slick. Got lucky I guess. I like it because I can add any type of plastic bait I wish and not have interference one with the other. I bought some Hot Rods and these seem to match up very well with with the under spin design. The profile of a minnow, sleek and able to glide through the water as I troll. I know there will be days when they want curly tails, but the Hot Rods are doing pretty good.

Anyways just wanted to explore what is possible in order to determine what I will end up doing. Some folks have finalized a jig design and are sold on that particular design. I too wish that for myself.