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| I've ordered supplies to make my own bucktails and made one over the weekend and I took it out and tried it, I noticed the blade doesn't always want to spin, I think it may be too heavy for the single blade and that may be why. Is there a rule of thumb you guys that make your own baits have regarding blade size and weight? Or number of blades? Interested to hear your feedback!
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Location: MN | Can we see it? What size blade did you use? What size clevis, what size bead below the clevis. |
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| hi, how can I post a picture to this? I've been searching and searching haha
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| Here is a picture of it |
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| Here is a picture of it |
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| Here is a picture of it
Size 3/0 treble, 1/2 oz lure body, skirt, 2 6mm plastic beads, 1/2 oz lure body, 4 6mm beads, easy spin Clevis, and then 1 6mm bead. All beads are plastic and the blade is a size 5. |
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| Won't let me post a pic, I will keep trying but this is what I used:
Size 3/0 treble, 1/2 oz lure body, skirt, 2 6mm plastic beads, 1/2 oz lure body, 4 6mm beads, easy spin Clevis, and then 1 6mm bead. All beads are plastic and the blade is a size 5. The gauge wire I used is .51. |
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Location: MN | Im going to send you a pm |
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| Okay cool thank you! |
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Location: Sakatchewan,Canada | I thought you and Musky_Mo16 were making quality tails to replace Dadson's, what gives? |
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Location: Apparently where the Muskie aren't | Mulldaddy - 7/17/2017 3:13 PM
Won't let me post a pic, I will keep trying but this is what I used:
Size 3/0 treble, 1/2 oz lure body, skirt, 2 6mm plastic beads, 1/2 oz lure body, 4 6mm beads, easy spin Clevis, and then 1 6mm bead. All beads are plastic and the blade is a size 5. The gauge wire I used is .51.
I'm learning here with ya. I should be getting my supplies to start some bucktails shortly. If all beads are plastic the clevis might be creating a lot of friction between it and the plastic, causing it to not want to spin. Try to put a metal bead on each side of the clevis. It should create less friction. I here solid beads are better for near the clevis too. Good luck! |
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Location: SE, WI. | For me, I will always use a solid bead under the clevis. The bead above the clevis is really not needed, but you can maybe put a small plastic bead above if you want. If u put a too large bead above clevis, it could actually hinder the rotation of blade as you pull it through the water, as pressure will pinch, and slow the blade. JD |
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Location: oswego, il | I never put a bead above the clevise and a small solid bead below it. I also space the blade from the skirt so that it does not touch it if you hang it vertical from the line tie. |
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Location: Detroit River | To get your blade(s) to spin better first you need to bend the clevis so that it is in a perfect “U” shape. Second would be to use a solid metal bead below the clevis. If you’re really anal about it then you could use a thin cone shaped grinding stone on a Dremel to smooth out the holes on the clevis in order to reduce friction. I put a hollow bead or two above the clevis only to help prevent the blade from getting caught up with the leader. When I use the hollow beads I use a Dremel to smooth out the rough edges of the holes so that they won’t hinder the spinning of the blade. |
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| Thanks for the info man! I really appreciate it! If I could post pics on here I would. But I'm pumped about starting to make my own. I need a hobby for the winter time haha. |
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| Thanks everyone for your recommendations, I will go ahead and make the changes I need to to get these puppies to work right.if I can figure out how to post pics I will! Thanks again for your info!! |
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Location: US | What size blades are you using? 8's can be finicky. 9's and 10's seem to work better. |
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| I ordered size 7 blades, but I ordered a 9 to experiment with, so I will give that a shot! |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Got tons of skirts and D8 and D10 blades....
https://tackleindustries.com/product-category/bucktail_skirts/
The D8 are 024 and the D10 blades are 032 thick too...
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Location: Northern Illinois | X2 with what Zib said about the "U" shaped clevis. I often have to use long nose pliers to bend the hole tabs perpendicular to the wire. Less friction = better spin. Solid bead below the clevis(es) and smallest solid bead above it/them. I started out making copies of popular bucktails but soon I made what I thought were improvements. i.e. I have settled on epoxy to coat the wraps bc it is much more durable. |
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| if you want the perfect flashabou size between mag and salt you can get them here for really cheap ,just a dollars a pack
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pick-Color-10-Packs-1mm-Magnum-Flashabou-Ti...
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