12-19-2007, 08:47 PM
So I have been keeping my Rapala's that I have broken the bill off of hoping to find a good use for them, because they are still in good condition and I'm "thrifty" I figured I'd eventually find a solution and find a way to use them.
Struck by a bit of inspiration I came up with a theoretical solution. (This may seem obvious to some of you) I attached a spinner blade to the front end of it and voila! my broken lures were back in action!
I used a plastic clevis on the first one for the ability to switch blades, mechanically it worked ok, not great. The blade didn't always spin well and the lure tended to rise to the top and ski. I did however manage to catch several fish on it, first cast I had a strike third cast fish on! They would even hit it on the top as it was skiing, if they missed I'd let it stop and sink, hold it in place and usually they'd come back for it.
Great catching success not so great mechanical action.
The next day I made basically the same setup but used a metal stirrup clevis and a small bead behind that. Mechanically it worked awesome! The blade rotation problem was fixed. I went to the same hole and fished it, had several bites and a few that got off, I think they were wise to my game. I had to leave before I could try a new hole but I'm sure it will be a great lure.
So if you have a few broken lures you want to try this on or when you break one give it a try it works great!
See the attached pics.
Apocalypse.
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Struck by a bit of inspiration I came up with a theoretical solution. (This may seem obvious to some of you) I attached a spinner blade to the front end of it and voila! my broken lures were back in action!
I used a plastic clevis on the first one for the ability to switch blades, mechanically it worked ok, not great. The blade didn't always spin well and the lure tended to rise to the top and ski. I did however manage to catch several fish on it, first cast I had a strike third cast fish on! They would even hit it on the top as it was skiing, if they missed I'd let it stop and sink, hold it in place and usually they'd come back for it.
Great catching success not so great mechanical action.
The next day I made basically the same setup but used a metal stirrup clevis and a small bead behind that. Mechanically it worked awesome! The blade rotation problem was fixed. I went to the same hole and fished it, had several bites and a few that got off, I think they were wise to my game. I had to leave before I could try a new hole but I'm sure it will be a great lure.
So if you have a few broken lures you want to try this on or when you break one give it a try it works great!
See the attached pics.
Apocalypse.
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