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| I have about 6 "medium size" musky spinnerbaits that do not have twisted eyes in the bendy part. Instead, they're like bass spinnerbaits, there's just a bend that you would tie your line to. It's all sloppy when you clip a big Berkley snap to it. Am I right to be worried that, because there's not an actual eye to hold the snap in place, a really big fish could easily straighten out the wire? |
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| I wouldn't use a spinnerbait with an open eye if I was using a leader. Either tie direct, or make sure that you use spinnerbaits with loop eyes, like Grim Reapers or Fudallys.
Beav |
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| this may sound simple but I have converted many large bass spinnerbaits for muskies and pike by twisting an eye on the end my self, have even done it with some bass buzzbaits too. take a pair of pliers(needlenose work best) grip with the pliers where the open tie is and then use your thumb to twist the end with the blade around the bottom wire when you are done you will need to do some aligning so that the bait will run straight. like I said have converted a few this way and they work great but they dont last long 2 or 3 fish and they are so bent up you just toss'em. I bought a bunch of the 1/2oz ones at BPS a while back for $1.99 I can afford to toss one after each fish at those prices. just an option I came up with one day. The spinnerbaits with a twisted end are getting hard to find because the bass guys dont use leaders and the open end won't foul up as often, so the manufacturers make what the millions of bassers want. |
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| You can fix those easily by putting a tube over the open bend then punching a hole where you will tie your leaders on. This will stop them from moving around as well as not get fooled on the cast. |
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| The old twisteroo worked great, Yeti, on the heavy wire models. And it looks like Trophy gave me the answer for the titanium versions. Thanks folks. |
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| Another easy thing to do is put a split ring over the "eye part" which is just like making an eye to hook your clip on. Make sure the split ring you use is tight enough so that it doesn't slide up and down your line.
Brett Carroll |
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