04-09-2005, 11:35 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Yeah, like we talked about, our next jig party might be "Working With Wire". It's easy, once you have the tools, materials and some basic understanding. It is a bear to try to figure it out on your own, and you get some pretty nasty looking bending jobs.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Making good round clean loops and eyes is something you need to see and then practice, but I picked it up mostly by reading and then experimenting. The main tools are a pair of "round nosed" pliers, for forming the eyes around, and a couple of different pairs of side cutters and long nosed pliers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most of the wire I use for spinners is .024 stainless. I seldom use smaller, but I will go to .030 and even .040 for spinner baits and buzzbaits, where you need more strength and rigidity. You can buy the stuff in large coils and it is not very expensive. One roll will make hundreds of spinners.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you wanna read up on wire lure making stuff, here is a link to a section from [url "http://www.tacklemaking.com/tacklemakers/default.php?content=knowledge/wire_baits"]TACKLEMAKING[/url] Magazine. You can go back to the home page and read about making all kinds of stuff, but this link is about wire. By the way, their instructions on making spinners are just backwards of how I do it. I form the hook loop first and then stack on the beads, clevice, blade, etc., before making the top loop. But, as long as you are happy with the end result.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Making good round clean loops and eyes is something you need to see and then practice, but I picked it up mostly by reading and then experimenting. The main tools are a pair of "round nosed" pliers, for forming the eyes around, and a couple of different pairs of side cutters and long nosed pliers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most of the wire I use for spinners is .024 stainless. I seldom use smaller, but I will go to .030 and even .040 for spinner baits and buzzbaits, where you need more strength and rigidity. You can buy the stuff in large coils and it is not very expensive. One roll will make hundreds of spinners.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you wanna read up on wire lure making stuff, here is a link to a section from [url "http://www.tacklemaking.com/tacklemakers/default.php?content=knowledge/wire_baits"]TACKLEMAKING[/url] Magazine. You can go back to the home page and read about making all kinds of stuff, but this link is about wire. By the way, their instructions on making spinners are just backwards of how I do it. I form the hook loop first and then stack on the beads, clevice, blade, etc., before making the top loop. But, as long as you are happy with the end result.[/#0000ff]
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