Minnow rigs

Melvinp

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After my last event and I forgot the crawlers in the fridge I had to run with minnows only so after realizing that minnow rigs are not worm rigs I made a few just for minnow rigs plan on running these in the in the 1 1/2 + range that should make a willow leaf blade spin size 1/0 long shank light wire hook
 

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Melvinp

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So how do you get the weight on it cause I tried that and again the blade never spun right.
My rig is approximately 4 to five feet long and attached to my main line by a swivel my weight is on my main line just above the swivel the length makes it almost impossible to cast I let line out as the boat is moving.A big thing is the clevis and blades most of these rigs use plastic clevis’s and deep cup(light) blades.Here’s a picture of a store bought rig.
 

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Melvinp

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Solo I’m adding hollow metal beads to my metal clevis’s and metal blades to help them spin from what I’m learning it’s metal to metal and plastic to plastic I working with what I have I’ll keep you posted how they work
 

Melvinp

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Tried a few of my home built creations today with no issues was pretty happy with the way they worked I think the biggest thing is that if you’re using a metal clevis use at least 1 metal bead I generally use 2 if your using plastic beads or foam use a plastic clevis. I’m sure that after a while a metal clevis will ware the line but they don’t usually last that long after a few fish get the line out and reuse your parts.lol I didn’t say I caught fish.
 
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