Tandem Tailgunner

[JUNGLEJIM1]

These are a couple of new ones that I came up with this morning. They started out as 1/16 round heads with #2 red sickles.The blades on bottom are painted #1 willows and the top blades are #2's.Tailgunner's have been productive all year for me and lately I've been catching some nice bass and crappie on spinnerbaits so I thought I'd combine the two. By the time I added all the hardware to these they weigh 1/8 oz.View attachment 4View attachment 5

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice work Jim!

 

[Jig Man]

Those otta hunt...

 

[Radtexan]

Very,very nice !

 

[LedHed]

Good stuff again Jim - blades are awesome

 

[toadfrog]

Those will take bout any'thin anywher'es .

 

[hunter7711]

I like those. Do you just tye in the swivel, and put the blade on after you tye your jig?

 

[StumpHunter]

I like those. Looks good!

 

[Fatman]

Jim

Look really good!!!!!! Dont know if you've tried them yet but once you do could you let us know if the tail spinner works against the V-frame spinner blade?? or if it throws it off balance

Fatman

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Hunter,yes I tie in the swivel first and add the blades later.I try and match the blade paints up with the head and body. Fm, I havn't thrown them yet but but don't see a problem with the balance. My only concern is where you attach the bait to the frame it has a v shape instead of a u and I've been breaking about 1 in 3 while attaching the tailgunner. A nice fish could break it with a good headshake. I bought the forms from Barlow's and I'm not happy with them. Probably cheap imported forms. I also think the arm going up from the gunner is too long. Blade baits have been working for me the last two years so I'll keep working with them.

 

[ScottV]

Those look great JJ. Great paint jobs.

 

[JSC]

The Arm length with this design should work fine ..Curious about the breakage?
Keep us up dated.

 

[Fatman]

JJ

Thanks but like JSC "Breakage"??? If you're making your own and you're talking the part where you put the jig on the frame, get a pair of half round needle nose and it will have a round shape instead of the V you're talking about.

I went through that when I first started making the frames.

Fatman

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

The jig forms are pre-made. They are made with .029 diameter wire. The jig form length is 1.25x1.5. I bought 100 from Barlow's for a little over $10. There has to be a weak point at the bend whichis causing them to break. I'm almost afraid to throw them.

 

[CrappieHappy]

Jim, I wonder if heating the bend up and letting it cool a couple times would help.......

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

I'd try it if I thought it would help. Have you are anyone else tried it before ?

 

[Fatman]

Jim

Don't know if this is gonna work for you but I copied your picture and I did an erase block where you can try and cut the wire off.

rebend the end of it and see if that helps. Other than that I don't think the heating and cooling of the wire will work but who know's JMO I think it's gonna mess up the temper of the wire.

Hope this helps