Hey Grumpy, Like This?

Got out of the sack this morning and the ground was covered with snow. Stayed in my jammies and worked a few jigs and on this........1/16 oz. lure body, 0.035 wire, #2 or 3 deep cup Colorado blade, #6 Gamakaka siwash hook. I'm going to all single hooks on my spinners. Before I used to hide a small treble in the tail as a stinger. I like Colorado blades because they spin at slow speeds. Sight fishing around wood got me hooked on those blades because I could control the depth much better over logs and brush. I just wonder if a panfish would straighten that bed and would it effectively reduce line twist.

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I don't see why that wont work. i do agree with the Colorado but don't hate indiana blades. This is not nearly as complicated as I made the triangle. I do need to get away from the treble hook. Good lookin spinner.

That looks like a spinner you would see in the store. Great looking.

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Originally Posted by GrumpyLoomis

I don't see why that wont work. i do agree with the Colorado but don't hate Indiana blades. This is not nearly as complicated as I made the triangle. I do need to get away from the treble hook. Good lookin spinner.

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Not a thing wrong with Indiana blades...I used to fish trout in a stream that had lots of sunken trees. I'd swim a spinner around those logs. With Polaroids on I could watch the spinner rise and fall around the wood depending on the speed of the retrieve. I found Colorado's stayed spinning much easier than the others. I need to get out and test this spinner. Hardest thing I had to figure out when I tried single hooks is this. Too many times the single hook came back hung up on the twisted wire eye at 90*. The eye on the single hook was too small even with 0.024 wire. The siwash hook has a larger eye almost like a treble which allows it to swing free and come back straight inline.

While you guys are talking about blades, do any of you know what this blade is like?

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Whiptail Spinner Blades
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Awesome spinner

I never used them but it looks like it would make a spinner wobble. Tomahawk blades are similar. Could be they are designed for something like a walleye crawler harness. I've never seen them on an inline spinner. Never used them. When I tied crawler harnesses I use Colorado, Indiana and some willow blades. Willows are popular on Lake Erie.

That’s a great looking spinner. I think the bend will survive better than you think. Very good detail.

Well the addiction kicked in and and I messed up some wire. I bent .034 wire, plated chrome bead, clevis w/Indiana blade, 2 #/32 worm weights separated by a glow rubber oval bead, another plated chrome bead, yellow marabou and a #10 treble hook. I don't have a decent wire bender so it turned poorly but itAttachment 374819 might work as an mchech imitation. LOL

Thanks guys, now I just wish they made them a little smaller than the size 1. It's a lot larger than say a #1 Willow.

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I might have to toy with that thought. I agree with your idea. It is just hard to get walleye size kicked out long enough too to do that. LOL

I want to make some for gills. Something 1 1/2" or less. Black or gray fly on a #10 siwash hook #1 Indiana or inline blade. Trouble is I'm not sure if I want the bend (to avoid line twist) hickey in them or not. I'd use them mostly on 2# test. Just a bit of spinner action to call them in saying "hey fellas look at that bug!"....Heck it's snowing up here may as well play in the basement.

Wow, we got a nice day, rain and 45. I am going to have to go smaller wire like .030 and I really am having a tough time incorporating the bend. Just sitting here pondering.

with .035 wire I don't think you'll have to much of a problem.

Kind of like a Tomahawk blade - I've got some old Roto Blades that really thump in the water. If you make them up use a little heavier wire!!

Fatman you are so right for crappie size baits. I could not get that to fit in a bluegill size with my equipment. Plus I would need to go buy more stuff and I am just playing with something I won't use. I only have .030 and .045 wire and am not purchasing more stuff. These guys will come up with a super combo any day now. Wire bending with a pair of pliers is not a fun hobby and my wire bender is big and designed for .050 wire. Hope you folks do well with this and I will be watching.

Nice job on those. Really like it. I have been wanting to use single hooks on my spinners and spoons as well.
Few weeks back watched a video of a guy using singles. The problem for me is ordering them. I can find them but properly sizing them is another story. Not having them in hand. It’s hard to know maker to maker the sizes. I want to try them on spinners for my boy. He can use them and they catch stuff and it’s an active way of fishing to keep him moving. The single hooks really reduce the snags from what I seen.


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I really like the single hook idea but stuck with the treble because my singles go from #1 to 3/0. That would take one heck of gill to eat that. LOL

As I stated earlier, my biggest problem was finding straight eye single hooks with a large enough eye. The crankbait treble replacement singles have a large eye but most are too short shanked to tie on. I found some Matzuo siwash hooks but not enough small sizes. Gamakatsu goes down to #10 which in my opinion is fine for gills.

I run into the same problem when making beetle spin frames!! The wire has to go through small eyelets!!