After my success yesterday (see my blog) on my DIY spinnerbaits I had a go at improving them. Here are the mk1's;
bitten off tail!
they worked really well, but I felt that they could be improved on. The shad version was a little heavy, and sank quickly so I felt it needed more uplift. Also the wire ended up quite warped by the end of the day, either due to the long arms of the lure of the light guage of wire, and I felt the arms were too long anyway as I could feel some 'hits' where the blade would cut out but there was no weed on the line, perhaps the reason why the tail was bitten off rather than a fish hooked. The minnow version suffered when retrieved at speed, so I fitted the new version with a smaller blade. I dispensed with the snap links for a stronger split ring which also helped reduce the length. So here are the mk2's;
heavy guage wire, extra blade on the top arm to add resistance and uplift
light guage wire and smaller blades, less resistance and warping, and will fish deeper than the first
smaller blade
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I plan for the mk3's to have ball bearing swivels, painted blades and possibly a weeldess hook/jig set-up, I like the look of banana jigs. The fish seem to hold onto the soft plastics a bit longer.
bitten off tail!
they worked really well, but I felt that they could be improved on. The shad version was a little heavy, and sank quickly so I felt it needed more uplift. Also the wire ended up quite warped by the end of the day, either due to the long arms of the lure of the light guage of wire, and I felt the arms were too long anyway as I could feel some 'hits' where the blade would cut out but there was no weed on the line, perhaps the reason why the tail was bitten off rather than a fish hooked. The minnow version suffered when retrieved at speed, so I fitted the new version with a smaller blade. I dispensed with the snap links for a stronger split ring which also helped reduce the length. So here are the mk2's;
heavy guage wire, extra blade on the top arm to add resistance and uplift
light guage wire and smaller blades, less resistance and warping, and will fish deeper than the first
smaller blade
---------- Post added at 04:04 ---------- Previous post was at 04:02 ----------
I plan for the mk3's to have ball bearing swivels, painted blades and possibly a weeldess hook/jig set-up, I like the look of banana jigs. The fish seem to hold onto the soft plastics a bit longer.