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Location: Bloomington, MN | What direction of rotation do in-line bucktail blades spin? Clockwise or counter-clockwise. Does it vary from cast to cast? (I think it does) I know the elusive muskellunge has a brain the size of of a pea, but if most bucktails had the blades revolve in the same direction 90% of the time wouldn't a switch up 90% spinner be the new go to? The lakes in Onieda and Vilas still have some ice and muskie season up north hasn't started, so this just a stupid and fun question. |
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Location: one foot over the line | That the earth rotates is a vestige of the original angular momentum of the cloud of dust, rocks and gas that coalesced to form the solar system. This primodial cloud was formed of hydrogen and helium produced in the Big Bang, as well as heavier elements ejected by supernovas. As this interstellar dust is inhomogeneous, any asymmetry during gravitational accretion results in the angular momentum of the eventual planet. The current rotation period of the Earth is the result of this initial rotation and other factors, including tidal friction and the hypothetical impact of Theia.
Henceforth, the blades turn clock-wise.
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| And, for those of us who had brain surgery last winter...and didn't quite follow that?? |
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Location: Minnesota | He Was trying to say was watching " the big bang theory" when he was typing |
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| Probably depends on geographic location. Blades thrown in the Southern Hemisphere will go the opposite direction. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | As long as they rotate and start easily I'm happy |
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| vortex theory. to prove it ya must get into the eye of a tornado with a 9ft graphite rod . stand there with 5ft of line out.once you get past the electrical vibration,you should see the vortex in an f4.
wear rubber boots so your grounded.
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Location: North Central PA | and on the equator they do not rotate at all! |
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Location: Duluth, MN | What if you're near the equator and cast from the northern hemisphere into the southern hemisphere. Do the blades change direction mid retrieve? |
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| I actually did a study on blade rotation, you would be amazed at the results |
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Location: Twin Cities | I think the original post was asking for those results.... |
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| I think it is time for Bill Nye the Science Guy. |
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Location: Elroy, Wisconsin | I'm going to flush my toilet and see which way the water turns. clockwise hmm. So in the southern hemisphere, counterclockwise? Or visa versa. Therefore according to the theory of equal gravitational pull, on the equator the blades of a bucktail won't spin at all. I gotta go try that.
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Location: Smith Creek | Bucktail blades are supposed to spin?
Wish I'd have figured that out 15 years ago. |
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| So what would be the best reel for a double 10 that doesn't spin, or spins the wrong way, or for fishing a double 10 near the equator ??? I may need a couple new reels.. |
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| ammoman16 - 5/7/2014 7:18 AM
What if you're near the equator and cast from the northern hemisphere into the southern hemisphere. Do the blades change direction mid retrieve?
Negative ghost rider, but if your blades are made of iron/steel they will angle towards the north pole, effectively making them run deeper.
Don't get me started on the Bermuda Triangle... |
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| Do ancient aliens have any involvement in the development of the double 10 bucktail? |
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Location: oswego, il | Now I need a phd in science and physics to musky fish. ****ing great! |
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| ToddM - 5/7/2014 2:41 PM Now I need a phd in science and physics to musky fish. ****ing great!
If Homer Simpson doesn't need one, neither do you.
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Location: E. Tenn | Clark A - 5/7/2014 2:21 AM
What direction of rotation do in-line bucktail blades spin? Clockwise or counter-clockwise. QUOTE]
Counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, and the other way in the southern hemisphere.  |
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| beerforthemuskygods - 5/7/2014 3:48 AM
That the earth rotates is a vestige of the original angular momentum of the cloud of dust, rocks and gas that coalesced to form the solar system. This primodial cloud was formed of hydrogen and helium produced in the Big Bang, as well as heavier elements ejected by supernovas. As this interstellar dust is inhomogeneous, any asymmetry during gravitational accretion results in the angular momentum of the eventual planet. The current rotation period of the Earth is the result of this initial rotation and other factors, including tidal friction and the hypothetical impact of Theia.
Henceforth, the blades turn clock-wise. Are you Cliff Clavin?
Great thread! I needed a laugh today. |
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Location: Poynette WI. | I like to set up my bucktails so that each blade spins a different direction. |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | Clockwise indeed, Cliff Clavin! How do you explain hatchet blade bucktails? I can reverse the rotation........it changes the blade signature dramatically. Oops....... I mean't it only seems that I can reverse the blade rotation, since I'm just an amatuer, I've never actually observed the rotational direction change because of my point of observation. Although a few muskie's have obsevrved it, they seemed reluctant to reveal why they liked the rotation reversal or the actual rotational direction. But, it also requires a special technique that requires either a secret handshake or that ToddM complete his phd's.....before I can reveal the technique to the muskie world.
The truth is much of this special secret technique & handshake was revealed while watching Jessica Lange in King Kong........ToddM's phd's might be an easier route.
Have fun!
Al
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| Do they rotate clockwise you looking from the boat or do they rotate clockwise from a following muskies point of view? Things that make you go HMMMMM.
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Location: Oswego, IL | why do they make plane propellers go clockwise? which way to belts spin on your vehicle? a lot seems to go clock wise, but only if your looking from the front, otherwise its opposite
I wear a tinfoil helmet
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Location: WI | I thought the blades would spin clockwise with a left hand crank reel & counter clockwise with a right hand crank reel. Opposite directions in the southern hemisphere, of course. This may all be different when using a spinning reel since it is below the fishing rod. But then again, it could just be that we all drink too much. |
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Location: one foot over the line | The Earth's orbital plane is known as the ecliptic plane, and the Earth's tilt is known to astronomers as the "obliquity of the eliptic", being the angle between the eliptic and the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. The earth currently has a axial tilt of about 23.4 degrees. This value remains approximately the same relative to a stationary orbital plane throughout the cycles of precession. However, because the ecliptic (i.e. earth's orbit) moves due to planetary perturbations, the obliquity of the ecliptic is not a fixed quantity. At present, it is decreasing at a rate of about 47 inches per century. Which is why i throw cowgirls on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. During leap years, its hard to beat blades on Tuesdays. |
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Location: Illinois | Since when the heck did the clock become so involved in this equation! Do clocks run backwards south of the equator? It also depends on water temperature! My blades stop turning period when the temp drops below 32 degrees! |
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Location: oswego, il | So far what I got is the blades spin differently depending on where you are at and from what direction you are looking at them. The day gets longer when Al throws his reverse direction hatchet blades and we are all just a bunch of perturbaters.
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Location: Land of the Musky | they spin up |
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Location: E. Tenn | muskiewhored - 5/7/2014 9:41 PM
why do they make plane propellers go clockwise?
Flew a couple versions of Rolls Royce powered aircraft where "the rotation of the airscrew is anticlockwise when viewed from the rear".
...quote from a maintenance manual..
So I guess blade rotational direction depends on which side of the road folks drive on wherever you happen to be fishing.
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| Steve should sticky this. It's definitely a valuable discussion. |
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| I like bacon. |
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Location: E. Tenn | fish4teeth - 5/8/2014 3:15 PM
I like bacon.
which way do bacon blades spin?
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Location: Sycamore, IL | There is no spoon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAXtO5dMqEI
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Possibly to the dumbest post!