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I used to fish with Billy and Bobby Westmorland on the Obey River. His mom has cooked me dinner. I ate breakfast with Paul Banks/Buddy Banks many times at Scottys restaraunt in Celina TN. Billy lived on "Small mouth Drive" near Stan Sloan.

 

This ain't my 1st rodeo. Please stop thinking and posting like you are the only one making baits on this planet. You do this all over the internet. Many people know more than you think and maybe more than you.  :?

 

 

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21xdc if you dont like what I post then dont comment period. Nobody died and made you god right.Your just another moron that like to cause trouble. You cant intimidated me and your truly mistaken if you think you can. You tried that in bass boat central both you and your buddy mark that also didn't work either. If you simply dont like what I post just dont comment on it. 

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Looked it up, & I was wondering if the original Silver Buddy popularized by the late Billy Westmoreland was fished as is unpainted and unembellished? I have a vintage Do-it Pro mold but currently available blanks don't quite fit.

I've never fished a blade bait but notice that the local walleye cast & retrieve experts use them very effectively both straight reeling and snap jigging.  They appear to prefer the modern versions with fancy colors and holographic flash.

And, are the chatter jigs used for other species besides bass? Cast & retrieve or trolled?

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40 minutes ago, Ogajiga said:

Looked it up, & I was wondering if the original Silver Buddy popularized by the late Billy Westmoreland was fished as is unpainted and unembellished? I have a vintage Do-it Pro mold but currently available blanks don't quite fit.

I've never fished a blade bait but notice that the local walleye cast & retrieve experts use them very effectively both straight reeling and snap jigging.  They appear to prefer the modern versions with fancy colors and holographic flash.

And, are the chatter jigs used for other species besides bass? Cast & retrieve or trolled?

Silver buddy's were mostly thin stainless steel.  Try them when the water is 55* and less. Slow, short lifts work best. Like fishing a jig. lift and feel just a few vibes and semi slack line it back down. This helps prevent the bait from tumbling and fouling hooks and line. 

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Eventually I'll mod the mold to fit the available blanks.  The snap jiggers do occasionally foul the double trebles on each other or the line, so good advice on the lift slow drop to avoid that.

I never use treble hooks, would a single double hook on the tail be sufficient?

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The VMC double looks like a classic heavy wire chisel point.  I've got some similar classic Mustad 7825 #4 doubles that should be compatible with a 1/4 oz size blade?  Is the front hook necessary?

Did Mr. Banks design the Silver Buddy for smallies or wallys?  Did he have a scientific or engineering background?  Based on appearance I would never guess it would vibrate. Absolute Genius!

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Again blade baits made easy with a few components and skirt material. Either Wire or Hand tied  or banded baits what ever you prefer. Made easy the Sparkie head mold  will need very little modification to use these components to build these blade bodies. And make the perfect baits a different sizes. 

 

 

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Guys, Thanks for the GREAT pictures. But my only problem using the Sparkie jig mold and the listed wire forms is that I can't get them to remain in the correct place when I get ready to close the mold. I'm using 2/0 to 6/0 spinner bait hooks from various makers. Any suggestion to keep the wire forms in place would be deeply appreciated. 

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If your using a sparkie mold and the hook and keeper wire hang out side the mold and wont stay straight flat use another ( blank doit mold ) open it and lay it flat in place blank side up take your sparkle mold lay above it together mold place the hook and keeper in place the hook and keeper shouldn't turn close the sparkie mold it should keep everything in place. Pour your done. Sound like alot of work but it really isn't and it works.

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