need some help.
my tails on my roostertail spinners are wore off.
what kind of hackles do i need to replace them?
also any steps on how to tie the tails on these lures would be nice.
thanks
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need some help.
my tails on my roostertail spinners are wore off.
what kind of hackles do i need to replace them?
also any steps on how to tie the tails on these lures would be nice.
thanks
Any you like. A little flash material will make them special.
Oh yes, I've dressed installed trebles from the bend(s) toward the eye with minimal blood letting.......
If you google dressing treble hooks you will find several videos showing how to do this. You can use the cheap hackle from a craft store if it has a waterproof dye.
If I remember correctly the body of the spinner is a pain to deal with when putting new hackle on the hook. You might want to consider snipping one side of the eye and spreading the gap to remove it and then simply closing the gap after the hook is dressed. Don't limit your thinking to feathers, Mepps uses a lot squirrel tail on their spinners.
ROOSTER TAIL SPINNERS DO NOT HAVE DRESSED TREBLE HOOKS. The hackle is wrapped on the wire spinner shaft, over the loop of wire where the hook is attached.
Whiskers, I am one of the infidels on here who also make and use spinning lures. The way I dress Rooster-Tail type spinners is to form my shaft wire into an open loop, slide on the treble, then put the wire loop in my vise. I then pull the open loop tag end closed with wraps of thread, tie in and wrap a large saddle hackle, tie it off, then build the rest of the lure. Last step is to form and close the "top" loop where you attach your snap or snap-swivel.
Mepps is to 50 miles from where I live. They collect squirrel tails from all the local hunters.
http://goo.gl/maps/8GK19
Don't know if they still do, but back in the day Mepps advertised in all the national fishing magazines that they bought squirrel tails. I think maybe they used to pay something like $.15 a piece.
Well, they are not going to get these for 15 cents//////
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Before I got her fly fishing, my wife used to spin fish. In the Smoky Mountains NP where we fish a lot, only single hooked lures are allowed. I made a "Panther Martin" type spinners for her with a "Mosquito hook". It can easily be made barbless if you wish, very easy to hackle and didn't significantly loose fish.