Jump to content
ING

Blade Doesn't Turns Sometimes

Recommended Posts

Hi, guys!

I am making inline spinners for myself about three years and accumulated already some experience. Usually it is spinners for salmon similar to Mepps Flying "C" or Blue Fox with blades #5 or #6 and body weight about 5/8 to 7/8 oz.

There is one problem that I couldn't resolve for now:

Sometimes after casting the body of lure laying over the blade horizontally and stuck deadly. It is riding in the blade like in the boat. I am calling that "boating".

I've tried change the speed of retrieving, parameters of the spinner but nothing help.

It happens not so often and could be ignored (except that, spinners are working perfectly) but I just curious: is somebody has encountered  with  same cases?

During the lure test that situation could be easy emulated manually: put spinner on the suffers of water horizontally (body in the blade) and start puling. Blade will stuck. 

All lures more or less are prone for that problem. Even Mepps Flying "C".

Any ideas?

Thanks

Edited by ING
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Every in-line spinner I ever used with a willow blade I needed to jerk the spinner to get the blade spinning. That said, French blades don't seem to suffer from that problem as much, so maybe if you try a different style of blade or add some spacers to change the blade distance to the lure body.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Never made an inline in my life. I don't know if this could be a contributing factor, but it is a problem I have encountered building conventional spinnerbaits, so I figured I would mention it.

 

There is a correct way to put a blade on. It is possible to put it on upside down. The cupped side should be facing backwards (towards the hook) when hanging at rest. If the blade is having problems spinning, try taking the clevis and blade off and flip it around. Try it again, see if it helps.

 

Like I said no clue if that's the problem, just something to try

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It is doesn't help to resolve that problem but case another:

After casting spinner is drowning by weight first, blade is following and when you start to retrieve, blade turns backward, upper part of blade is snagging to wire and stuck about 90 degree to wire. It is happens very often and fisherman surprising why they are not feeling "tap-tap" until jerk line...

Only Mepps spinners have no that problem thanks to special shape of patented folded clevis.

Therefore Mepps could accept big distance above of clevis. Blue Fox using regular stirrup clevises keeping that distance minimal to eliminate problem mentioned above.

Edited by ING
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Unfortunately Mepps spinners impossible to copy. As I told, they are using special shape of patented clevis and very thin kind of latex over body. Blue Fox spinners are not so attractive for salmon were I am fishing for. Also it is difficult to find exactly same blades. Benicia Tackle Shop selling self-made Ve-Ze lures but all lures listed above have some shortcomings that I am trying eliminate.

The last shortcoming which I am fighting it is "boating" that I've mentioned in the first post. It is looks like nobody has remedy from that.

Edited by ING
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Post a pic of your spinner I'd like to see the size of the clevis in relation to the rest of your spinner.  Just from your description it sounds like your using too small of a clevis which would allow the blade tip to hang up causing it to plane (your phrase boating)

 

Last I knew Mepps ordered the clevis's from Worth, and look just like the ones I have.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Fatman. sorry, probably I am stupid, but I couldn't find instruction  how to post pics on that forum.

Could you navigate me where it is?

By the way, at now mine improved spinners starting rotation immediately (almost always).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...


×
×
  • Create New...
Top