Jazzing up lures

[Andrew Poulos]

Hi all,

Does anyone add that "little" extra to their lures for when they find the fish are finnicky...

I tend to use some fly tail material in ghost white or pearl blue on the the trebles of lures. With the stickbaits that I have used lately , due to the clear water around here I have just painted the trebles red to see if that helps reduce shyness.

Ive seen some lures have the metal blade on the rear as well - has that helped anyone ?

cheers
andrew

[Brandon Khoo]

I often use blades on the back of my poppers and only have one treble on them. I find that with this, it gives more options on how you use the popper. Apart from the more traditional chugging action,  a quicker action with fast jerks of the rod works quite well with a spinner blade on the back. There is simply more flash to the action and I have found the blade to enhance the fish attracting qualities of the lure.

[Cam Foley]

Yip check out this puppy didn't work to well would not sink fast but looked awesome coming back up .                                                  Its a 300gram river to sea knife with a skirt glued on ,was a bit board one night i call it the hula jig

[Jon Li]

I often use blades on the back of my poppers and only have one treble on them. I find that with this, it gives more options on how you use the popper. Apart from the more traditional chugging action,  a quicker action with fast jerks of the rod works quite well with a spinner blade on the back. There is simply more flash to the action and I have found the blade to enhance the fish attracting qualities of the lure.

I find spinner blade tends to " hold " the popper and prevent it from cartwheeling when jerked too vigorously , it functions as " propeller " to keep the popper in straight line motion throughout .

Jon .

[Andrew Woodley-Page]

I often use blades on the back of my poppers and only have one treble on them.

I find spinner blade tends to " hold " the popper and prevent it from cartwheeling when jerked too vigorously , it functions as " propeller " to keep the popper in straight line motion throughout .

Jon .

Very interesting discussion.

Brandon/Jon, do you add aftermarket blades or do your poppers come with the blade?  If the former, can you specify a manufacturer/supplier and brand or size? 
Thanks in advance
Andrew

[Brandon Khoo]

Hi Andrew - I haven't found them in Australia although you should be able to get them. After all, they are the blades used in spinner blade lures. I got mine in Singapore.

I use the biggest ones I can get.

Some of the more expensive poppers do come with spinner blades like the Fisherman Krogs.

I agree with Jon in that the blade acts almost like a type of rudder.

[Neil Griffiths]

Plenty of different sizes available in both Colorado and Willow patterns, from 1cm long to 100cm long. Gold or silver.
Most opt for #5 or #6 Colorado (the rounded type) size 6 is 45mm long and 30mm wide.

[Brandon Khoo]

Neil - you have these in stock?

[Luke Wyrsta]

100cm long

I hope that's a typo

Neil,

Are you able to give the guys an indication of pricing?

[Brandon Khoo]

Hey Luke - with what we were discussing, this would be one seriously big lure!!   

[Luke Wyrsta]

Hey Luke - with what we were discussing, this would be one seriously big lure!!   

Very true...hopefully we will get to try it in September

[Brandon Khoo]

holy smoke, Luke - I might leave it to you to throw the 1m long lure around!! 

[Neil Griffiths]

I think it's called half a rubbish bin.
Should have been 100mm.
#6 gold - $2 each, less for bulk.

[Brandon Khoo]

boy, if you use those gold SJ-41 or SJ-51 owners hooks with a gold blade on the back there will be some serious bling on the lure!

[Jon Li]

Guys ,

Here is the outfit I buy the spinner blades from : http://www.upnorthoutdoors.com/stamina/spinner_blades.html

Jon .