My latest,

Not being able to do much fishing lately, and after reading a post from BigBee138 looking for some of these, I decided to put some together myself. Hopefully I will get to give them a try soon. I nearly went blind assembling those split rings to the willow leaf and then to the swivel. What y'all think, pros and cons please

EDIT: I just realized I didn't put any measuring device in the pics. The jigs are 1/32 oz and the blades are 3/4" long.

Blue Eyed Soul
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000870.jpg

Blue Bayou
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000871.jpg

Slime Chicken
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000869.jpg

Crystal Shrimp
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000868.jpg

Passion
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000872.jpg

Old Glory
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000873.jpg

i sure hope the fish like them as much as i do, wouldn't be able to sleep until they were in the water.

"Slime Chicken", Great names there PPG. Get em' wet.....

Nice,I tried to make some from some baby gold willow leaf spinners from bass pro but they wouldnt run right,let me know how they work out for ya

Like the jigs, but i think the wire form, swivel and snapring is too big for the blade, and you will have trouble getting them to run right. But try' um and lets us know how they work.

I like them, but can you buy smaller wire (shorter and more compact)? I have been thinking about looking that up to see and just have not yet. I have tried some on my jigs some and caught more bass than crappie.

If they make one a little smaller (talking about the wire part especially) I may have to try a few I buy wholesale from a blade Mfg so I guess I need to look in my book, LOL! Just been too busy lately.

Skip

Mike and Skip, I bought these from Jann's. They were the smallest available. I can't look at them until I go next door, but in real life I don't think they look a large as they do in the photos. The blade is 3/4" and the upper arm is only 5/8", but you're right, they sure look large in the photos. I still haven't had a chance to go to the water with them and see how the run but if they don't work quite right I may swap the blades for a larger size. Thanks for the remarks.

BigBee I sent you a PM.
"gene"

Nice looking spinners there Gene. Thanks for the pictures.

Nice looking. Are you planning to cast or troll them?

nice

8fishermen,
these were made for casting or pitching around banks with structure. I fish canals that are around 6' to 7' deep with blowdowns and grass beds all along the shoreline. I will use these by pitching into the shallows and slowly rolling them away from the bank and down the drop-offs which are 2 to 3 feet off of the banks. Trolling or cranking would probably need a larger blade for it to spin properly. I will try and do a test today if I get off before sundown. Somebody needs to tell the sun to stay up later.
"gene"

Those look great Gene! Look like they would be perfect for long line trolling. The names are the best part. :D

~Fishin' Magician~

Thanks FM, I just did a quick test of the action in the bayou on the way back to work and the one I used performed well. I think I hit on a winner. Hopefully I'll be able to prove them out this weekend.

EDIT: Adding a picture of the lot of them. The wires don't looks so heavy as such.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...e/IM000866.jpg
"gene"

Is that krystal flash for the tails on the middle 2 Paw Paw Gene?

brimreaper, yes that is krystal flash in blue pearl. I take 3 strands and double them over and over and over and then tie on, them cut the loops.
"gene"

Some nice jigs and spinners! Let us know how you do on them.

About the only way to get them smaller is to make them yourself!!! Which is alot of fun, I have several different wire formers a hand one and the one from Janns (their brand). Now besides having more jigs and supplies to make more than I'll probably ever need I have the same amount of spinners and supplies to make just as many more.

Fatman

I was hoping to give them a test today but it didn't work out. My daughter and I went fishing and the plans were to launch the boat and hit the salt water first and after probably not doing well we would move into the fresh water marsh to give them a try. Well the salt water bite got so good we gave up on the idea of fresh water fishing. We had a.blast. I'll post results on the saltwater forum.
"gene"

I have had some good luck with the spinners attached. They do catch bass pretty good too. This isn't a bad thing on an ultrlite rod :D

Those are some nice spinners there. I like'em alot

One good tip I can give you if you try making them yourself is to make the bottom bend for the jig FIRST, then the upper arm for the spinner, way easier.

Fatman

sooooooo....how are the new spinners doing paw paw Gene....you never got back to us on that...been holding my breath(brim is blue now) waitin....give up the news now

Brim please take a breath, now!!!! Seems like I missed this last post. I've been too busy with house repairs and a week in the Virgin Islands and such to do any fishing. The weather is suppose to be good this coming weekend so I'm going to try to sneek out for a little while. I did do some in water testing and they seems to behave just right. I gave a sample to my friend gregd and he said he actually hooked up with fish. Hopefully I can prove it myself this weekend and if I do you know I'll show the pictures.
"gene"

You need to get in the next swap and pass some of those along!

Looks like I missed the current one, but into the new year I'll give it a shot.
"gene"

Paw Paw,

You are doing great man. I am sure some hungry slab will be fooled by them. Nice job. A week in the Virgin Islands will cure many a back ache.......or cause one if you know what I mean.

Ship, backaches and headaches and be careful you don't get bushwacked as many of my party did. Bushwackers are so smooth.
"gene"

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Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Ship, backaches and headaches and be careful you don't get bushwacked as many of my party did. Bushwackers are so smooth.
"gene"

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You definitely have to watch your back....and sometimes your front too.:D

glad to here you made it home ok Gene.....hope you had fun....now you got to go back to work on field testin...I really like the look of your little spinners and wanted to know how they act in the water if they behave as they should I would like to get your jig weight and spinner arm combo as I have had bad luck with making the small guys. They wanted to turn around in circles and really twisted up my line.

brim, I'm sending you a PM
"gene"

Very nicely done there Paw-Paw!!!