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| I made some double 8 Indiana and colorado bladed bucktails. Sometimes they are very hard to start. Should I be using a smaller or bigger bead under my # 6 clevice? |
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Location: Detroit River | Are the skirts flashabou? When I first made flashabou bucktails they wouldn't turn right away because they were getting caught in the skirt so I added more beads to increase the space between the blades & skirt. I've always used a solid metal bead under the clevis instead of the hollow beads that you see on most bucktails. The hollow beads can sometimes have small burrs on them & those will hinder the blades from turn at start-up. If you are using wire from a coil & not straight shaft wire the slight bend in the coiled wire can hinder the blades from spinning at start-up as well.
Edited by Zib 4/28/2013 10:11 PM
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | Also check your clevesis. Often they need tuning on doubles. They should sit parellel to each other. A lot of times the ends will be angled and fight each other. |
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| Here's some things to check:
1. The clevices must be a perfect U shape, not a C or V.
2. The first bead behind the clevices should be solid, not hollow.
3. The first bead behind the clevices should be 1/8" or smaller.
4. The wire shaft must be perfectly straight by the clevices.
5. The blades should be cupped fairly deep. Some blades are made too flat and don't spin well.
6. Don't tail weight the lure too much. Tail weighting prevents the lure from laying perfectly horizontal on the retrieve. Instead, add weight near the blades with solid beads.
Brian
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Location: oswego, il | give us a pick. there is a colorado style that is very round and fairly flat. they suck on a bucktail. |
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