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Location: Bowling Green, KY | I'm new to musky fishing, but have been bass fishing for years and have tons of
bass lures. I'm in the process of building up a basic assortment of musky lures.
I've got a pretty good start buying used stuff on e-bay, but I'm setting aside
$250.00 of my tax return just for lures. I hate to burn up alot of that on "musky"
spinnerbaits when I have several "bass" spinnerbaits in the 3/4 to 1 1/4 oz. range
that have big enough hooks and heavy enough wire to get the job done, but they
are all the R-bend wire style and that doesn't lend itself to wire leader use.
Most musky specific spinnerbaits run from $10-$20 and I'd rather use this money
for glide and jerk baits, a few crank baits and to fill a couple holes in my topwater
catagory. I will mostly be fishing the rivers here in KY and that means a lot of
laydowns and log jams, so a spinnerbait will be more practical than an in-line
style. Is there any good methods for modifying these spinnerbaits to use a snap
on leader?
Thanks in advance, Roger. |
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| You can take the blade off and clamp a finishing nail or awl into your vise, stick the r bend into the nail and grab where the blade goes with a visegrip and do a single wrap. Practice on an old one its really very simple. And if at first your loops are a little funky, just put a split ring in there and hook your leader to that. Most of that wire will be .040 to .051 and plenty formable. |
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| I have tied off a bunch of spinnerbaits using thread or old power pro and coating it with super glue. I prefer zap a gap. I'm hesitant to start bending the baits if they don't need to be bent. |
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Posts: 1046
| I have caught a few fish in my time and would never trust anything other then a full metal circle for musky fishing. The chances of leaving a bait in a fishes mouth are to great not only on the fish but on the fisherman too! |
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| 2 split rings will solve that problem much quicker and just as effective as bending the arm.
I'm not even sure how to describe how to do it, but I've done it on a bunch and it works great. |
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| Here's a quicky: Simply slide a split ring over the open loop where you would clip the snap. It will not slip down the bait and neither will your snap. |
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| guest - 1/23/2008 2:45 PM
Here's a quicky: Simply slide a split ring over the open loop where you would clip the snap. It will not slip down the bait and neither will your snap.
that's what I'm talking about. But, I add a second split ring where the snap would go to make it permanent. |
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Posts: 102
Location: Bowling Green, KY | I knew you guys would come through for me! The split ring trick sounds like
just the ticket. Thanks guys! |
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Posts: 3240
Location: Racine, Wi | The split ring trick definitely works. Easy fix too. |
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Modifying R-bend spinnerbaits