Fishing Forum - Making Spinning Lures...VIDEO

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I have been fishing with some form of spinners my entire fishing career. My Idaho fishing family taught me to fish for stream trout with spinner and worms while I was just a kid. After I began tying my own flies, I replaced the bait hooks on spinners with flies…and they worked. Later, after I started pouring lead head jigs, I found ways to add beads and blades to them too. And they worked.

Over the years I have developed a variety of unique lures…with blades and beads…that have proven very attractive to many species on many waters. At least the fish in Utah vote for them often enough to keep me and a few fishing buddies happy.

A big part of making spinner-adorned lures is knowing how to work with wire. A lot of would-be spinner makers and users never give it a try because they think you have to spend a lot of money on a high-priced wire bending tool that takes an engineering degree to operate. Not so.

In my video I show many repetitions of the simple but perfect bends and loops you can make using only a pair of round-nosed pliers. Of course you need wire cutters and a couple of other simple and inexpensive tools. But the bottom line is that almost anybody can start turning out their own custom stuff with a minimum of investment and a bit of practice.

There are step by step instructions in the video on how to make some of my better creations. And at the end there are several minutes of fish porn…naked fish pictures with some of these trinkets hanging out of their mouths.

This video took me a couple of weeks of organizing and shooting to put it together. The whole video is an hour and a half long. Definitely a must see for masochists. I apologize to anyone who can’t stay awake that long. And I’m sorry I don’t provide popcorn.

If anybody wants to get started making their own spinner lures, I will be happy to give them one-on-one demos…and provide them with my best sources for the few materials needed.

Great info Pat, thanks for sharing it with us. Do you ever have problems getting cut when using wire and hooks when forming the lures?

(12-27-2021, 03:44 AM)wiperhunter2 Wrote: [ -> ]Great info Pat, thanks for sharing it with us. Do you ever have problems getting cut when using wire and hooks when forming the lures?

I'd never say never. But if you handle wire properly there is little chance of getting "cut" by it. However, the ends of the wire are needle sharp and I have been knowed to impale myself a few times.

Ditto for the ultra sharp hooks I like to use. Not uncommon at all to "blood" my lures a bit. Not sure if that is an attractant or a deterrent to fish biting those lures.

Because of the potential for getting poked, it is a good idea to proceed slowly and deliberately and not to rush anything. And it is definitely an advantage to have some manual dexterity and coordination.

Hey pat I'm kind of intereste in one of your top water plug buzz bait combos there. Kind of reminds me of the old double propeller torpedo baits I use to use

Hi Pat,

Thanks for the video. I have been enjoying your youtube channel. Proof that old dogs can learn new tricks. Big Grin

Matthew

(12-27-2021, 09:31 PM)Fritzfishin Wrote: [ -> ]Hey pat I'm kind of intereste in one of your top water plug buzz bait combos there. Kind of reminds me of the old double propeller torpedo baits I use to use

Yeah, I have fished all over the country and there are a lot of places where threadfin shad are tops on the menu. And when largemouths or stripers are smacking them on top the fore and aft propeller blade floaters really get some attention. I started experimenting with putting a small buzzbait on some floaters and they sometimes worked gangbusters too. I made some for a pro bass angler and he actually won a couple of tournaments on my floating buzzers. You can make them with wire or just long screw eyes...or you can add the buzz blades on to an existing lure.

(12-27-2021, 10:00 PM)Outfishing13 Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Pat,

Thanks for the video. I have been enjoying your youtube channel. Proof that old dogs can learn new tricks.

Matthew

I appreciate your appreciation. But as an "old dog" my own self, I have learned that old dogs sometimes shouldn't be messin' around with "new tricks". But, while you're at it, never smell a gift horse's breath.

Thanks for this, TubeDude.
As a teen, my best friend's father used to make his own spinners and he got me started doing the same. I still have a couple dozen size 2 gold Mepps/Blue Fox clones amongst my tackle that i made in the '70s.

I work with wire a lot and have found a way to keep those cut ends from becoming eye hazards. Close your nippers or side cutters and fill the cupped area with silicone sealant. After it dries cut a slit parallel with the cutting surfaces. Now when you nip the tag ends you don't need to be careful about covering them with your fingers as the tag ends will be captured by the silicone.

(12-28-2021, 05:19 PM)bugbaybum Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for this, TubeDude.
As a teen, my best friend's father used to make his own spinners and he got me started doing the same. I still have a couple dozen size 2 gold Mepps/Blue Fox clones amongst my tackle that i made in the '70s.

I work with wire a lot and have found a way to keep those cut ends from becoming eye hazards. Close your nippers or side cutters and fill the cupped area with silicone sealant. After it dries cut a slit parallel with the cutting surfaces. Now when you nip the tag ends you don't need to be careful about covering them with your fingers as the tag ends will be captured by the silicone.

Sounds like a good fix. Another new trick for an old dog. Woof.