[Spike-A-Pike]

Tom,
The largest blades I am currently using are the #8 Indiana Fluted and the #7 Pro Willowleaf Fluted blades by from Hagen's. When I actually laid these out on the picture in the Hagen's catalog, it was a dead perfect fit. So, I thought great, I'll tell Tom and he can do the same...

Oooops, maybe Tom doesn't have a handy Hagen's catalog, then what? Well they do have the Hagen's catalog on-line, I wonder if??? So I went to the Hagen's web site and opened page 37 as a PDF.file and held my #8 to the picture on screen and it was a dead perfect fit. So, I thought great, I'll tell Tom and he can do the same...

Oooops, maybe Tom doesn't have a handy 19" flat screen monitor, then what? So, I printed the page of taking care to make sure it printed at 100% (because the defualt seting for printing most PDF.files is 95% to force a minimum margin) and I actually laid the #8 out on the picture from the Hagen's on-line catalog, it was a dead perfect fit.

SO, their claim "ACTUAL SIZE" seem pretty leget to my.

NOW FOR THE HOOKS, I wouldn't actually classify it as a trailer hook. Normally a trailer hook is used in addition to the main hook. I am wanting to replace the main hook, normally a treble hook, to a single hook. For the first attempts, I used common worm hook designs like an Eagle Claw L092 and worm hook with a "Keeper" (barbed straight shaft conected at the hook eye). The hook wire was light and the eyes where very tight on the split ring and after a fish or two, the spinner would come back without the hook. I am thinking the VMC Model #8294S or Model #9299 would have a wire heavy enough to hold up to a 50 lbs fish.

The main reason for swapping to a single hook and taking off the treble hook is to add a grub and go through some of the slop an unprotected treble collects.