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Starting a spinnerbait box from scratch


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6 hours ago, Sore Thumbs said:

Wait til Champ sees this. He will go bananas. Ha

All pretty good info. I'm a War Eagle guy all the way. There are other good baits out there but I like to keep it simple and familiar.

I'm with gruber on the purple shad and mouse. Very good colors. If you get in some stained water up the river arms, chrome clown or sun perch are hard to beat.

Main thing with a spinnerbait is to commit to it. If you are gonna pick it up and put it down, pick it up and put it down ... there are better things to throw. A spinnerbait catches fish not because it's pretty, but because you can cover a ton of water with it and put it places that other moving baits just can't go.

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6 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

War Eagle's have good wire, decent hooks, and nice blades but I have quite a few with loose heads.   I can't decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, as that wobbling head just might add a little something.  

I've sure caught a bunch on them after the head has started wobbling a bit. It doesn't seem to hurt anything in my experience.

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champ is right about loose heads.  the head being completely loose enhances vibration.  here is a choice that can truly be thrown into anything.  never needs tuning.  wire frame goes back to form.  you can change out the head for different sizes and colors.  cuts way down on the need for carrying so many spinner baits.

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1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

War Eagle's have good wire, decent hooks, and nice blades but I have quite a few with loose heads.   I can't decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, as that wobbling head just might add a little something.  

Maybe this will help you feel better....I was over at Jewel Baits (they make the War Eagle spinnerbaits) the other day to complain to Gayle about this very thing, I wanted to see exactly how they were put together because I was afraid of them coming apart and he showed me how they can't come apart, the hook and frame are permanently attached. I think they are using a soft lead and the fight of the fish loosens the lead. He also said he hadn't heard this before but would investigate....just FYI. I guess nobody complains so they don't know so maybe someone other than me needs to drop them a e-mail or call to complain about this, I think harder lead would be better.  C&R

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