Spinners and boolies

Bkabina

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Using 1/32 to 1/8 oz heads and #6 to #2 hooks. What size swivels, split rings,blades,and beads?
Where do you buy your bulk items from. I would like to order everything from the same place.
 

Fatman

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For spinners I prefer #12 crane swivels they spin well, size 0 split rings you don't need heavy duty ones for these and depending on jig size 0 to 1 in any type blade.

For the boolies the 1/32nds use a size 0 propeller, watch when your ordering as some places a size 1 from one company is a 0 from another. Make sure to get the rounded end ones not the pointy ones. Polished brass or nickle, gold are expensive!!! Beads if using fly tying beads 3/32nd some brands have a larger hole than others exm: Orvis beads have a bigger hole than the worth beads like JungleJim bought. I also use 6mm glass czech beads I got at AC Moores and JoAnnes fabrics but I use them on inline spinners also. Even with the worth beads I'll hold them in needle nose so they don't slip.

On the worth propellor blades I take an old pair of scissors and spin the blade down the points to enlarge it a little and they'll still go on tight getting past the barb, take it slow and you shouldn't have any problems.

Last time I bought bulk was from Hagens - you can buy less than minimum but each item would cost a dollar more. IE Colorado blades $15.00 a thousand, $1.50 a hundred + $1. If you buy less than minimum call the order in so you can check to see if the order comes out close to what you figured.

if you download the hagen catalouge get the .pdf version the newer one bites and takes forever and with the pdf you can look at the page location for items.
 

Hawnjigs

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Don't make spinners, but I source propeller blades & beads from Hagens. For #6 thru #2 jig hooks you can prob fit all with #1 props, tho the Boolie originator JiggerJohn sometimes uses #2 props especially on the #2 hook. Like Fatman says, the tiny #0 prop which is NOT available from Hagens might need a hole reaming to fit a #6 hook. Hagens "premium plastic beads" is my choice for Boolies - size 3.5 mm will fit all the hooks tho you can downsize 3.0 for #4 and #6. Plastic has a little give and can be forced past a hook barb EZer than metal. Hagens does NOT carry the countersunk metal beads necessary to slip past hook barbs, but the HOLLOW metal beads will work in the same sizes as plastic. Bulk size 0 propeller blades are only available from Worth tho there is an eBay seller offering lots of 500 nickel finish only.

Sounds like you want to try commercial production - good luck!
 

Bkabina

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Thanks. I'll probably get the stuff in bulk. I hate having to order everything, and it seems it need to be ordered to often.

This is good info though.
 

Fatman

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If you look at the gold ones at worth!!! Last time I checked they were $37 and change and if you don't have a tax ID they add an extra 10%.
 
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