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Cheers, yeah, I'm using the same clevis from the same supplier, the black painted blades are these ones though- https://www.lurepartsonline.com/Premium-Finish-Colorado-Blades . Will have a look at trying some deep cups next time I place an order. Thanks for all the help mate!

Hi, done a lot of experimenting and the gold ones work really well now with the extra small bead added. Caught a big if somewhat underweight brown trout on one yesterday (its mid winter here in NZ). Thanks for that tip! Still having trouble with the black ones though, I suspect the blades are too heavy, which is a shame as this is how they came from the US based online supplier. (To clarify the ones in the picture I posted above were painted with a dot and seal coated by myself but the more recent test ones have been plain unpainted black blades.) I'm running standard size 1 stirrup clevis's on these size 1 colorado blades with no success but made one yesterday using a smaller clevis from another store bought lure and found that this did spin a lot better. What size clevis have you used on your size 1 colorado spinners and have you found any smaller the standard size 1 clevis? Thanks again!

Thanks mate. I have some plain gold ones as well that also had the same problem. Definitely going to try adding a couple more small beads and will reconsider the painting. I actually sanded a bit of black off before adding the dots and seal coating but you're right- they will be heavier.

Hi Anglinarcher, I totally agree with you on Colorado blades, they are my go to blades in the rivers I fish here in New Zealand. I mostly use size 3, occasionally size 2 but recently bought some size 1 blades to try out and I'm struggling to get them to spin well. I've been slowly reducing weight on my test models , removing one tungsten bead at a time, suspecting that this might be the main problem and am down to around 2g now. (se jpg) They do spin but not very well and only very very slowly when they do. I was wondering what weight profile you use? I would really appreciate any insight you may have. Many thanks.

Tungsten beads are 0.75g each so 1.5g total currently.

Hi, greetings from Masterton, New Zealand. I've had a lot of success with size 2 and size 3 colorado blades and recently got some size 1 blades to try making some tiny dressed spinners but am having trouble getting them to spin. I'm wondering if it is a weight issue? The last ones I trialed had 2 tungsten beads for weight, balanced out along the shaft with a glass bead in between. They spin but not well. Making a couple to trial now with only a single tungsten bead but getting almost too light to cast effectively. I was wondering if you worked out a solution with your ones Kevin?

Thanks for that- yeah, I looked into safety pin lures so know what you mean. We don't have bass here. Trout, perch and the odd salmon are the main fresh water fish. Would sure love top get over there for a fish someday though. And yes, tried the rip and the twitch. Will persevere or try and find another use for them.

Thanks for the help with this guys!! Googling safety pin lures now

Yeah, sorry, don't have a functioning digital camera at the moment. Basically I'm doing the same set up as I use for metal colorado blades- a very standard pattern. The metal blades work perfectly but the plastic ones- ghost blades- don't seem to spin at all. 2 small beads between body and clevis.

Hi, I recently bought some colorado ghost blades (size2) and have tried various patterns but don't seem to be able to get these to spin. I've tried both size 1 and size 2 clevis's. I always use a very small brass bead under the clevis so that bead is not too large. I was wondering how other people have gotten on with these? Any tips? Many thanks from New Zealand! -Antony