Chin Spin's

Here are the 1/32 and 1/16 ounce Weedless Chin Spin's I've been telling you about and are now available. I took some of your guy's advice and have the larger blades available for the 1/16-oz. I visited BPS several times and did some comparisons reviews with what they had to offer in the spinner style baits.
The weedless Stu_p Ju_ker has a ZERO-FLEX Doh weed guard. After one slight bend, it stays where it is bent to and becomes virtually worthless. I guess they know it to, because they price the weedless the same as the regular S_ump J_nker at $1.49 each. The swivel is pointed straight down from the hooks eye and adds some flash but doesn't spin worth much. I also saw the warning label "Made in China". They must be making a good profit, because they take up half of an aisle. If you buy from BPS, spent the extra 20 or 30 cents for the RR and then sharpen the hooks.
The "Original Ro_d R_nn_r / Crappie Thunders are "Made in USA". Thumbs Up The blade spins rather well but the hook point is covered with paint, has no weed guard and has a $1.79 each price tag.
One other bait I reviewed was a "Thumper Crappie King" by Northland Tackle. Made in China as well and no weed guard. It is a good looking spin style lure and priced at $1.69 each.
The Weedless Chin Spin’s are made with your choice of Aberdeen or Sickle hook styles Thumbs Up. Some of its features include a super-flexible weed guard that snaps back to its original place, paint-free hook eye, hook point, and swivel. The heads are painted which include hand painted eyes. Just add your favorite plastic bait and hold on for the "THUMP". These are proudly made in the U.S.A. PM or call me if you need more details. Thanks for looking.
NightProwler

WHITE CHIN SPIN'S
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012052.jpg

PINK CHIN SPIN'S
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012053.jpg

BLACK CHIN SPIN'S
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012059.jpg

ORANGE CHIN SPIN'S
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012061.jpg

CHARTREUSE YELLOW CHIN SPIN'S
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012064.jpg

CHARTREUSE GREEN CHIN SPIN (and a NAKED CHIN SPIN)
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012067.jpg

GROUP CHIN SPIN'S
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/P1012071.jpg

The "Thumping Blade" Flashes & Fools Them!
Thanks again for looking,
NightProwler

Your PM box is full and will not accept any more messages. You need to clear out a few....

Those look awesome! I've wanted to modify some molds for this very reason, but never had the tools..........I guess I know where to get my fix now...hahaha

These look really good NP! I need to stop by on my next trip to Ceasar's!

Are you talking about these?
NightProwler

prowler..... those look great, i pm-ed you....getting ready to stock back up for spring and will get some of those in my order

Yes Herb, thats the ones. I couldn't rememder the name of them. I was asking about them butt naked but paint is okay if that what you have.

Oh yeah, either hook is fine.

WOW is all I can say. I got my order yesterday.
Herb you out did yourself on these. I bought a good supply 1/2 with #2 gold and 1/2 with (I think)#2 sickle. I bought them naked and have been a paint machine getting some color on them. I was going to put some pics up but they're already here.
Those larger blades are perfect and the weedguards are going give you better odds fishing around brush.
Normally I like that flash of a RR in the summer months but I'm going to show these to some of those Ky Lake pigs on a particular spawning bank come April.
Again great job Herb and great service.

Thanks for the compliment. If you plan on powder painting, PM me and I will give you some advice that may save you from having to order more...lol
NightProwler

is mine ready

No powder on these. I picked up a little water base jig paint kit @ BPS. I really didn't have much faith in it but that solvent based paint has pretty strong fumes. The water base surprised me. It worked okay and I probably painted 300 jigs with that little kit.
These really are a nice jig, I'm looking forward to getting them wet. That blade is perfect.

hey Herb, you got a pm

All PM's answered. Ron, I PM'd you a few days ago, yeah they've been ready, but I will call you 2morrow. Delivery is running about 7-10 days.
Thanks again.
NightProwler

How do you like this one?
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...4/DSC00701.jpg

Look's good Herb. Problem I would have is I couldn't throw in in a brush pile.

Herb, PM-ed you an order for some of em, C-MAX said they are crazy nice, looking fwd to getting em in the water

PM sent... hurry I'm slobbering all over my chin

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Herb, PM-ed you an order for some of em, C-MAX said they are crazy nice, looking fwd to getting em in the water

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James, you will love these things. That little large blade is great. It's the little things that make a difference.

yea CMAX..... they look great, if they are any where near as good as anything else ive gotten from him im sure i'll be extreemly happy with em......Herbs a pretty talented guy

Thank You for the compliments. I guess that's what happens when somebody really enjoys his hobby.
Max, THANK YOU for the gift.
FYI, John sent me a CS paint kit to try out that BPS sells. When I first opened it, I liked the solid base and noticed it was made by testers. There wasn't much instructions (zero) and if I didn't have some paint knowledge, I wouldn't of picked up that all jigs needed the white base coat first. I painted the base and hit it with the heat gun (impatient). Then added the color and was plesently surprised that it coved easily. Next, was a second jig and it got coated with a top coat of sally hansens. They have been drying all day and I will let you know the results.
For those who paint their own, how long does it take to brush paint 1/10 of a thousand jigs?
NightProwler

Your welcome Herb, I hope you can figure out if it works for you. I can't help you with the time on painting. I do the base coat on 25 or so then come back later or the next day and do the top coat. I may take a day in between and do some more.
With that kit, I painted what was left of the last 300 I got from you (1/8 weedless, sickle w/y guard and chinspins) and had plenty of color. I didn't use any of the black but I did use up some of my other base white so I don't know how far it will go.
I use powder on my jigs that aren't weedless.

got my chinspins today....them suckers are bad to the bone.....HERB, Luke was excited to add those jigs to his box, appreicate you remembering him....

Got my 1/16 ounce Chin Spins with weed guards this weekend... very very nice. Quality product Nightprowler. C'mon spring!
Does anyone trim down the weedguards to the hook point or just leave them the length they come?

I haven't used them yet but I would leave them where they are.

just leave them the length they come

OK thanx guys... I'm psyched! I can feel the THUMP already...rotfl

Ive used em with out triming the weed guard and they worked perfectly.........

Hey Herb
I put the check in the mail for my next 200 jigs.
Between the 1/32 oz chinspins with the smaller blade and the 1/32 oz weedless with the brush guards my friends and I are having a great spring so far.
My buddy Tom lifted some of my chinspin's the other day and went to Brookville with his buddy Morry. Morry is a truely dedicated minnow fisherman and just refuses to fish jigs. Tom was fishing your jigs either under a cork or swimming and was on fish before Morry even had time to get his minnow poles rigged. Tom offered Morry one of his rigs to try and at the end of the day Morry never did use any minnows. Bad for me is these guys like my jigs (the ones you make) better than the stuff you get at the store.
Oh yeah, that last 100 jigs with the brush guards were for my hunting partner. He tried a few earlier this year and now he's hooked.

James,
You were correct these 1/32 oz are perfect with the smaller blades.

I know alot of you guys get your jigs from Nightprowler but if you haven't tried the weedless chinspins you may want to try them out.

Again good job NP and thanks for a quality product

man max i need to fish with you so i can score some more jig heads lol.......i like that smaller blade quite a bit, glad you did also.....those jig heads have caught me quite a few this year all ready....im a pretty big fan of them

James they are a sorry bunch....one of them was complaining because I had some unpainted heads in the boat. He said " I don't like these, where's the painted heads?" so I gave him some painted heads and he said "how come these don't have any eyes?" He's lucky I let him stay in the boat.

max.....so next time i fish w u i should hold out for the painted heads huh ha ha

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max.....so next time i fish w u i should hold out for the painted heads huh ha ha

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I'm thinking of adding a jig vending machine in the back of the boat. Rofl

Finally got out Saturday afternoon at CJ with the 1/16oz chin spins. Found them in 10 to 15 feet of water but couldn't get them to hit until we speeded up the troll to 0.7mph and bam that was the ticket. I love those little buggers, gotta get used to not setting the hook with braid and those sickle hooks I think I pulled out a couple. Everyone find you just need to "pull" a little to set them with braid, not jerk it hard? Thanx Herb!

I smack them hard. I still use my trusty old Clear Blue Stren. I never tried braid.
I've used both the #2 gold and the #2 sickles. I don't really notice much difference between them.

On a side note I've been doing very good on all the different jigs I've gotten from NP, not just the chinspins. I was casting jigs with brush guards too and I even trolled for a bit the other day with some jigs with #4 sickles and plastic Y guards. Had good success on all of them. Considering where I was using them, I really didn't loose that many.

The one thing I like the best about Herb's jig are you can order them anyway you want them. I kid about my fishing partner taking my jigs but he is so impressed with the fact that I can order any weight of jig with any hook or spinner blade in any configuration that I may want.

If any of you guys are bluegill fishermen NP makes some killer jigs for gill too. I had a few of his plain gill jigs I tipped with a wax worm and crushed the gills one day last year. Another day I had some hand tied jigs and they were great. The water was pretty clear that and I didn't feel like messing with bait. It surprised me but I even caught a half dozen or so crappie on those jigs up on those bluegill beds.

EnonEye, braid is a tricky beast. Mono is like a rubber band compared to braid. Often times with braid, your not ripping it out, but your beating the fish to the punch. Any movement on braid and you feel it, so you set the hook, often times before the fish has even got it in their mouth.(sight fishing is how i figured this out)

If you tame down your hookset, and loosen your drag(braid is bad about breaking on hard hook sets), you'll be ok.

A good "split the difference" is florocarbon, less strech than mono, not as wire like as braid.