[Spike-A-Pike]

Dave,

Seeing George's post reminds me of another key aspect of a spinners, both in-line and spinnerbaits, a good quality finish. During the TU Meet in Clinton this year, I got to meet George and see first hand the level of quality he produces in his spinnerbaits. The paint and skirt are top notch and lure fishes great. I spent about 30 minutes casting one of his pike/musky sized lures and it bagged a nice pike... But, as I was fishing it, I kept looking at the spinner, watching it work, and I finally had to remove it a put it back in my tackle box.

You see, I value that spinnerbait too much to risk loosing it. Common of most spinnerbaits, it has an "R" bend frame. Since I couldn't use a musky leader with the "R" bend frame, I tied it directly to my 60# braid and that one pike told me I was risking more than I was prepared to lose.

So Dave, figure out if there are any design issues that have to be considered for the targeted species before you build too many.

And George, that spinnerbait will go after large mouth bass in the future, but no more toothy critters where line breakage could be an issue - It tracks great and the action is fantastic! If you ever start making a spinnerbait with a twisted eye design, just let me know!