War Eagle Twin Spin

[rps]

I have fished twin spins as my primary blade bait for over 20 years. I have resorted to making my own for most of that time. I saw that War Eagle had put a new twin spin product on the market and ordered some.

High quality components. Very compact design (that's good). Decent color schemes. Can't wait to try them.

[RSBreth]

I picked one up yesterday at the main Bass Pro. They aren't listed on-line, but they do have them at the store. I don't like the way they shaped the head, but I can live with it. Now if we finally get Spring, I'll be throwing it. I bought the smaller 5/16 size in FireTiger, Silver Blades. Already have a white Kalins grub trailer on it.

[smalliestug]

Thanks for the heads up on the twin spins. I have fished them since I was a kid when you could buy Hilderbrant double

overhead spinners and rig Mr.Twister twin tail underneath

[fishinwrench]

How big is the hook on those War Eagle twin spins ? They look huge (largemouth sized) in the pics I've seen.

[rps]

5/16 looks to be a 2/0

9/16 appears 3/0

didn't buy the large size

for river smallies, buy the 5/16 - it is about the size of the old shannon twin spin

[Mitch f]

I'm curious the preferred method of fishing these lures, I know all of the old time smallie experts fish these and I thought they were fished almost like a sub surface bulge bait. When I looked on the War eagle package it says "Fish in the same place you fish a football jig,Carolina rig, or a deep crankbait.If you fish it slow, you can't fish it wrong" which sounds much different than I was thinking. Need some advice

[rps]

More than one way works for me at different times.

1. Slow roll - count down to desired depth and steady reel just fast enough to maintain that depth. Good for fish suspended in forests.

2. Bottom crawl - reel slow enough to maintain contact with bottom but fast enough to turn blades. Note: I usually do this in cold water before spawn and fish the bait parallel to bank.

3. Reel and kill - Throw past cover and reel up to it then kill the bait. A twin spin is perfect for this method as it falls with the hook up and ready.

4. Jig - Throw toward a sloped bank and let it sink to the bottom.Pick it up from the bottom and reel one or two cranks, then kill it and let it sink back to the bottom on a semi tight line. Repeat until retrieved. Note: Hits come on the drop. This is a killer night method.

The two arm, two blade design means the bait will not hang up as easily as a single arm or a jig. It also means you really can't retrieve it as fast as a single arm - well you can, but the resistance will be greater and it will pop to the surface.

Hope this helps.