davycrockett Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 I want to buy a wire tool, probably a Boggs Tacklemaker. I am looking at the largest size kit ( d ). I make musky and pike inline spinners and was wondering which one to get. Can I get by with the standard model or should I go with the extended model? Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davycrockett Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Still considering the Boggs. Can I make longer bucktails (10" ) with the standard tool or should I get the extended version? I should just break down and by the Hagens and be done with it! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaBasser Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 I have both Boggs & Hagens, I also have the Lil`Blue Bender. They each have there own plus`s. The blue bender is the cheapest. It is mainly personal preferance. The blue bender does least amount of bending,(like wrapping loops in the wire doesn`t work using this type.) But is the easyist to use bending wire. I use it to bend all my spinnerbait forms. I use the other two to make inline spinners & wire wrapings. PaBasser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doolittle3701 Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Where does one purchase a Lil blue bender, and what is the heaviest guage wire it will bend? I am interested in making spinner baits for redfishing. This requires wire of 0.051" diameter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davycrockett Posted May 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Doolittle, Netcraft carries the Little Blue Bender but it is only good for wire up to .041. You're in the same boat I am. The Boggs tool is priced cheaper than the Hagens. Netcraft carries the Hagans and Stamina carries the Boggs.The Hagans requires an extra kit to bend .051 wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doolittle3701 Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Davycrockett: I have two thoughts on this. There is a website at www. luremaking.com, where you can find preformed wireforms that are used for Musky and Pike spinnerbaits. You might find it helpfull. It seems to me that the Little Blue bender could be modified to handle heavier wire. The two bending pins are mounted in the head of a large (1/2") flat head machine screw. Why could one not make another of these from another screw and use pins further apart? It would require acccess to a drill press to drill the holes in the screw head and some hardened pins. It would be worth a try. The other option is to try heavier wire in the Little Blue bender and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
