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This was in a box of lures that I bought and I originally thought they were Vibrax/Blue Fox minnow spins.
However, the spoons have no stamping on them, and there is quite a bit of variance in the minnow sizes and the spinner shafts seems longer than the commercial versions.
So are these a knockoff (which company) or were these a kit, or did somebody make the minnow bodies themselves (if so, how?)?
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0...d7&oe=580641C3
I'm going with the knock-off idea. The loop on the line end looks done very neatly. In all honesty, who knows. I don't think copying the bait would be all that hard to do and painting would be a snap. Great bait though.
I would suspect that the bodies could come from China. It's not hard to buy stuff like this from there for cheap!
Harf to tell much from a picture though.
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I'd say knock-offs I've seen some in the Walmart sale bins. But they wouldn't be hard to make at all - Take some of the casting spoon molds and use an eyed wire shaft and mold them, paint em up and add your hooks and spinner blades and your set.
Another board mentioned Matzuo Shockwave, but they are different (no rear bead, brass in front vs bead)…..
These all weighted between 0.20-0.25 oz and here is a better picture. I can't tell if the bodies are wood or solid epoxy...
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0...94&oe=57F106AF
They also work good vertical jigging. Drop it in a suspended school and lift quick and follow it down. Good find.
I'd say those are made by someone... Probably buying the supplies and bending the wire... Look similar (not the same) to the blue fox spinners I use some for trout... I bet they would be really good for trout...