troutspinner
Nuts & Bolts Guy
My #1 favorite way to fish is using inline spinners. Before I got into Bass fishing, friends and I would go to Blue Marsh on our kayaks, try to catch a striper, get bored and then tie on the inline trout spinners I make and catch bass what seemed pretty easily, even at Blue Marsh. I then bought a boat and decided to "really" get into Bass Fishing and left the inline spinner behind in favor of trying what seemed like almost every other bait under the sun. I found a few that I really liked and are effective, including spin baits but still my most favorite method of fishing is the inline spinner.
That brings me to today, there are 2 reasons I stopped throwing those small inline spinners. Due to their size, they would create line twist on heavier line but the main reason, larger bass would easily engulf those spinners, it only took 2 times for me to lay them down because I know those 2 bass most likely met their doom. It happens in fishing but I realized, it was not responsible to keep fishing bass with them. Wanting to get back to inline spinner fishing, I created what I believe will alleviate those issues.
At just a little over a quarter ounce, this one will sail, even on a baitcaster, and should get down relatively quick compared to my original spinner size. I believe the size will be large enough to get past those deep hook sets but yet small enough to still be more attractive than say a larger spin bait. A pic for comparison.
Somewhat gimmicky but worth trying for really deep water is this odd looking one but this is the fun of building your own.
Half ounce! Yikes! Doesn't sound like much but for an inline, that is a bullet.....especially if you snag it in a tree and manage to get it out, at a hundred miles per hour.
That brings me to today, there are 2 reasons I stopped throwing those small inline spinners. Due to their size, they would create line twist on heavier line but the main reason, larger bass would easily engulf those spinners, it only took 2 times for me to lay them down because I know those 2 bass most likely met their doom. It happens in fishing but I realized, it was not responsible to keep fishing bass with them. Wanting to get back to inline spinner fishing, I created what I believe will alleviate those issues.
At just a little over a quarter ounce, this one will sail, even on a baitcaster, and should get down relatively quick compared to my original spinner size. I believe the size will be large enough to get past those deep hook sets but yet small enough to still be more attractive than say a larger spin bait. A pic for comparison.
Somewhat gimmicky but worth trying for really deep water is this odd looking one but this is the fun of building your own.
Half ounce! Yikes! Doesn't sound like much but for an inline, that is a bullet.....especially if you snag it in a tree and manage to get it out, at a hundred miles per hour.
