Twin Spin Prototype

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22 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said:

those royal blades are neat!

I was looking through an  old rod locker  on friends dock for a minnow dipper and I found some homemade twin spins in pretty bad shape. They were 1 yellow,1 black and 1 green buck tails ,sewing thread , musky gauge wire  with the hook that had the biggest barb I've ever seen on a hook that size and it looked homemade too. Guessing 5/8oz.? The blades were tiny like what you'd find on a beetle spin maybe a size smaller. When I touched the hair it fell off in my hand. Buddy said they were probably 45+ years old and his uncle had made them specifically for Bull Shoals.

My father liked to fish the Shannon twin spin but none were in the tackle box I inherited.

 

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1 hour ago, Fish24/7 said:

those royal blades are neat!

I was looking through an  old rod locker  on friends dock for a minnow dipper and I found some homemade twin spins in pretty bad shape. They were 1 yellow,1 black and 1 green buck tails ,sewing thread , musky gauge wire  with the hook that had the biggest barb I've ever seen on a hook that size and it looked homemade too. Guessing 5/8oz.? The blades were tiny like what you'd find on a beetle spin maybe a size smaller. When I touched the hair it fell off in my hand. Buddy said they were probably 45+ years old and his uncle had made them specifically for Bull Shoals.

Those little blades are the deal for fishing a twin spin deep, or when it's cold. Nothing bigger than a #3.

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2 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Those little blades are the deal for fishing a twin spin deep, or when it's cold. Nothing bigger than a #3.

Sharp eye. Those are 3's.