[Spike-A-Pike]

Hello fellow wire benders...

I have been trying to figure out what to call a different kind of in-line spinner idea that has been going through my mind when I put in my order to Hagen's this past week. All the shiny new toys and do-dads showed up and Ole' Uncle Spike stalled up trying this combination on a .051 wire and taking it a part; try a different combination, study it and spin the blades, change the order of the blades and beads, discover one counter rotating blade assembly is just a 2 mm to long to fit my Boggs Tacklemaker , and suddenly, it's 08:30 (a.m. for you non-24 hour clock types) and I want to go to a local pond and do some tank testing, err, pond testing.

I have a few additional ideas for some power painting, but my pump for fluid bed is "Tango Uniform" at the moment, so I might just have to give a few a old time powder painting, but I can just see trying to keep the blade holes open as a real pain in the . Oh well, that's the way the blade spins...

Good day.

[Basseducer]

Bruce,
Sounds like natural progression has taken you to the point that you need a powder spray gun, they work great. However, if you're not willing to take the plunge here is a little trick that should hold you over. Most paint stores carry little 1 oz. plastic bottles they use for samples. My guy gives them to me free or you might be able to get them at hobby stores. Make sure they have a very fine spout and make only a pin hole.
Then you can puff the paint on and build it as much as you like. Works well and you can get fethered edges and have a different color on each side.

TJ

[JSC]

Great Tip BassD.
Have not seen that one before ....
Thanx
JSC
Bruce to me those are in line Buzz Baits with some extra "Dodads" I have all ways liked inline BB but have all ways had trouble with getting twisted line (keel weighted .. not as bad but still have to watch it) ... I have used them with a single weedless hook and have tried a few with a double weedless ... Inline BB have all ways excelled in mats of millfoil as well as thick eel grass. A Chunk helps start it (by straighten it out) and stablize it ... Swivel up front .. in thick stuff just some thing else to get in the way ....
Yours look like they will be great for Night fishing.
Later
JSC

[Spike-A-Pike]

Thanks for the kind words. I'm hoping these will work up north for musky fishing and the evening bite doesn't stop just because the sun goes down. I have drilled a few of them out to get a slightly larger hole to get the blades to spin real easy. I powder painted a few blades and I'm mentally debating whether to do a lure bodies as well. I wonder if I should add a few black lures for night fishing???Play time part 2 could start any moment...

[diemai]

@ Spike-A-Pike

I have one or two of such lures as well somewhere , homemade by a Belgian friend .
These sport a bucktail instead of a skirt , and their body(at least of one)is made of balsa , so they are very light to rise to the surface rather quick.

Of course this lure can't be cast that far , but it's been designed to be fished in the canals and ditches of the Netherlands , which are most likely not too wide , anyway !

I don't use these too often , since obviously local pike don't respond to buzzers very well , second issue about this is that nasty line-twist caused by those single blade lures !

When using them , I'd always rig an so-called "Anti-Twist-Vane" between mainline and leader to possibly eliminate such line-twist , always do that with any in-line spinners , too !

But as long , as you are making your lures with double blades , you have the option to choose counter-rotating ones , these virtually eliminate the twist as well .

Greetz , diemai

[Fatman]

Bruce

Even if you got paint in the holes of the blade it would be easy enough to get it out. If the spinning of the blade would be a problem you could always do what us Bass fisherman do with a regular buzz bait and hold it out the window of your car and it would help break it in before you got there.

Fatman

[seamsea]

Hi,
Take a look at this old lure. It is a great inline buzz bait but no line twist. I have caught a lot on them. I am sure you could make something similar that will work as well and get rid of the twist.
http://www.oldfishingstuff.com/feature_archives.htm#The%20Herbs%20Dilly,

[diemai]

@ seamsea

I have made similar lures years ago , I was inspired by a picture of this certain "Herb's Dilly" that time , that I found in a collectors book .

You may use search function in the gallery for " spoon buzzers " , if you like to take a look .
Greetz , diemai

[JSC]

Hi seamsea
Know that The Dilly was a great bait .. appreciate the reference to the web page .. and noted the reference to Al Foss Shimmy Wiggler and had all ways thought that the Dixie Wiggeler with a buzz type blade would have done the job .. of all those older type the Weed Wing was my choice ... and of course the Sputter Fuss by Abrogast did a great job .. the only thing back in the old days they would wear you out with our slow reels and I never really fished them as I should till we got the faster reels. The REEL change really made a difference in the buzzer lures.
I really put these in a different catagory than an inline as they had a "Planeing" area. I know that is splitting hairs ....
Great thread
JSC

[captsully18]

Seamsea, JSC, thanks for the trip down memory lane. Wow, those were great baits. I would like to add the Snagless Sally to the list. It is almost a carbon copy of Herbs Dilly.

Spike, those are great looking baits, and should get bit for sure. Are you talking about painting them after assembly, or before. If before, just plug holes with a toothpick then assemble. If not, and they don't spin as freely as you would like, Fatman gave you the answer. I have held many buzzbaits out the window on way to the lake. (This also wobbles the holes out and makes them squeak). Also, felt like a kid with a whirly-gig.

David