Test Results

[QPassage]

Tough day for trout fishing yesterday. Water was way up and murky. But it was clear enough to test a few of my homemade spinners and see how they looked in the water, sorry no jig test were ran only spinners.



One very strong take down on the gold blade. Caught a total of 2 trout, my partner, I was skunked. But nice to get out and on the river we had it to ourselves the entire day.
I had some serious issues with my clevis-ed blades. I'm thinking the clevis is off not a single one would spin. Possibly the wrong size but I couldn't get a single one to spin. Maybe operator troubles, who knows!





I had high hopes for this one, "above" it will definitely get and inline blade for next trip.

 

[Kdog]

Good day to have been on the water. Too bad about your clevised spinners. Blades may be a bit small, Clevis' may be small but not usually a problem. Your bodies may be a bit big thus a larger clevis is indicated or a few more beads between body and blade. Trial and error is so much fun.

 

[toadfrog]

Willow leaf blades are a pain to get to spin on an inline . Got to use a wide one and when it hits the water pop the end of your rod , crank like heck . After it starts up you can slow down . French, Colorado and swing blades are the same way more or less .

 

[Hawnjigs]

So the non-clevis blades directly on the wire spin OK?
Wonder how propeller blades would work on those setups?

Gorjus river(s?), but the high water looks challenging indeed.

Do you throw cranks for trout? IMO better coverage and attraction in murky big water. Now I'll always carry some HDs as plan B.
http://www.jigcraft.com/jigcraft/showthread.php?tid=4440&highlight="HD+trout"

 

[Jig Man]

Nice...

 

[QPassage]

So the non-clevis blades directly on the wire spin OK?
Wonder how propeller blades would work on those setups?

Gorjus river(s?), but the high water looks challenging indeed.

Do you throw cranks for trout? IMO better coverage and attraction in murky big water. Now I'll always carry some HDs as plan B.
http://www.jigcraft.com/jigcraft/showthread.php?tid=4440&highlight="HD+trout"

I have used cranks for trout but usually I use spinners like Panther Martins and Blue Fox. One of the trout my buddy caught yesterday was actually on a crank.
Yes the inline "blades without the clevis all worked perfectly. I think I may just stick with those on these small spinners. The video isn't the best but here is one of the two in action.

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

The bead behind the clevis may be too big. I'd try a smaller bead or take a knife and try to open the clevis up more so it's not so tight around the shaft.

 

[perch]

nice spinners cool designs Only thing you might try for trout is see if you can try tying a double or single renegade fly pattern behind big bead body I think that would really drive them crazy

 

[Hawnjigs]

If the wire direct blades spin OK, the torque force to the clevis must be insufficient to overcome friction from contact points at bead and wire. I agree that the blades may be the wrong type to generate adequate torque and there might be excessive contact surface at the oversize bead. Maybe, a minimal size SMOOTH metal bead on top of the plastic one would add a lower friction bearing surface while retaining the attraction of the bright colored plastic.

Assuming the clevis's themselves aren't defective.

I think when you get the blades spinning properly you can tune your creations to outfish off the rack spinners.

 

[AtticaFish]

Indeed, that river looks AWSOME!!! Would love to spend a few hours across from that tower of rock... has to be some nice underwater ledges along there. Heck, could honestly just sit and listen to the water roll for a while. Are there resident smallmouth along with the trout? Pike or muskie as well? Lower/slower water time would be more appealing for fishing purposes.

Inline spins can be magic on days, carried almost nothing but Mepps Black Fury's for a year or three in my river chasing smallmouth. Pretty much always give them a quick snap and fast reel at the start to get the spinner going as TF mentioned. Even tougher to get them to start if you are reeling in with the current, not as hard if you are casting downstream though. Always preferred the french or colorado blades as well. They sure displace the water.

Need to go back fishing again........ and get more pics of the beautiful scenery in the next couple seasons.

 

[QPassage]

Indeed, that river looks AWSOME!!! Would love to spend a few hours across from that tower of rock... has to be some nice underwater ledges along there. Heck, could honestly just sit and listen to the water roll for a while. Are there resident smallmouth along with the trout? Pike or muskie as well? Lower/slower water time would be more appealing for fishing purposes.

Inline spins can be magic on days, carried almost nothing but Mepps Black Fury's for a year or three in my river chasing smallmouth. Pretty much always give them a quick snap and fast reel at the start to get the spinner going as TF mentioned. Even tougher to get them to start if you are reeling in with the current, not as hard if you are casting downstream though. Always preferred the french or colorado blades as well. They sure displace the water.

Need to go back fishing again........ and get more pics of the beautiful scenery in the next couple seasons.

I have never caught a smallie in this river. There are some white bass though and nice size to. This is a tail water of a lake that flows to the Kentucky River. There are about 2 miles of good clear water then it get pretty muddy. But it is a nice place and just over an hours drive allows me a few trips in there each year. We take canoes and portage around the rapids, the rapids also keep the motor boats/crowds out. They also stock the river with about 500 all sizes each month during the fishing season.