Aervax
Thank you for that suggestion. Building them on leader would be lots simpler than bending and wrapping those wire loops, too. I'll build some of my other colors that way.I am no expert on Salmons at all.
With that being said, if you are able to I would do these on a leader. Especially for the Coho, this should help avoid them popping off from the leverage they can create with that steel body.
Outside of that they look good to me.
I acquired lots of spinner building components from some trading I did with one of the guys on OFF, some of my old low profile bass reels for cash and spinner parts. The blades and clevis on the ones in the pics I bought at Fisherman's Marine in Oregon City because I was already there for some other fishing gear. Some of the guys on OFF have posted about better sources for spinner building supplies, larger variety and lower prices than Fisherman's. Use the search function on this site to find some of those old threads. Good luck, tight lines, and post pics for us of the spinners you build. Ericwhere do you all get your spinner kits? I am wanting to build some Jed Davis spinners - but it seems the things in that book are outdated of course. Thanks for the help!
Hey Aervax, I did look at lureparts online, but unfortunately I will still have to source the spinner blades from elsewhere. Also, I have been shopping around for metal beads rather than the standard spinner bodies.Did you look at lurepartsonline.com suggested by Irishrover in his message above? I just placed an order there this morning for spinner blades, beads, clevis and spinner wires. They had 90% of what I was looking for in stock.
3.5 seem to be the ticket on the Coos, Umpqua and Siuslaw. I don't see anyone fishing spinners with decorated hooks.Not having had a lot of success salmon fishing on my own I'm looking for feedback from some of you serious salmon guys. I've been building some big flashy spinners for trolling for salmon on the Columbia, this fall. The big ones have size 6.5 spinner blades. The little ones are size 3. This is a work in progress for me. I hope to build a few more variations over the next week. What blade types, size and colors work for you on the Columbia for Chinook and Coho? Any feedback on my first attempts in the pic would be appreciated. Thanks. Eric