Kiwi

Greetings all, Does anyone know of a supplier of small (1/4 oz.) painted or unpainted lead slip jigs / lure heads similar to those pictured. Thanks in advance. Have a great Easter. Kiwi

Hi all, Can anyone advise a good supplier / manufacturer of bulk die cut tape for French spinner blades. I've approached WTP about a bulk order but I'm in New Zealand and it doesn't look like they ship overseas. Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kiwi

Hi all I would like to ask for some advice on how to attach a skirt to an inline spinner. I have never used skirts before and know nothing about them. I want to make up some large inline spinners with skirts attached but don't know what is the best way to attach the skirt. How would I attach a skirt to or just above the hook? Thanks in advance for your help. Kiwi

Thanks JIGMAKER, clemmy and Glaucus Your help is much appreciated. I have tried contacting Mortac several times but the "contact" form on their website doesn't work. Does anybody know their e-mail address at all? Thanks again. Have a great weekend. Kiwi <?}}}><

Hi All Does anybody know of a supplier of Torpedo style brass bodies for inline spinners? The type I'm after are the style used on Doubleloon brand spinners. I have emailed pen-tac a couple of times about their bodies but haven't got a reply back. Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Kiwi <?}}}><

Thanks Maze Let me know your email address and I'll drop you a line, or you can email me at jrebel@xtra.co.nz I'd love to have a go at building a rod. We used to build rods out of cane when we were kids so I know some of the basics. Supplies are hard to come by here but I thought about cutting down an old fly rod to make an UL rod. Any advice you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again Kiwi

Hi guys I'm just starting out making in-line spinners and wondered whether the small wire forming tools (little blue bender, tack-l-tool etc..) are worth while having? Are they a useful tool to have? How small are the spinners you can make with them? I'm fishing for trout so only make little spinners, size 0 or 1 blades. I just use round nose pliers at the moment for forming the eyes, but I like any gadgets that make life easier. Are the wire forming pliers that jewellers use any good as well for forming loops? Last question - Who do you guys find are good suppliers for blades and clevises etc. I have checked out jannsnetcraft and staminas websites but have never dealt with either of them before. Any suggestions for who's good to deal with? Thanks in advance Kiwi

Thanks Maze Appreciate the help. I have left you a PM. I have already purchased some of George's "Deadly Streamers". Most impressed with them, beautiful piece of craftmanship. Very professionally made and presented. Can't wait to test drive them. Thanks again Kiwi

Hi Crazywade A very simple and cheap way to make rattles for plastic/featherlite molded lures is to use pill capsules. The little two part capsules like you get multi-vitamins in. Use old expired capsules and empty the contents out or otherwise most health food stores sell empty capsules by the jar. You just seperate the two halves of the capsule and put a ball bearing in one half and put the capsule back together. You can trim each half of the capsule down to a length that will fit across the body of your lure. Use a ball bearing size that has a little bit of clearance from the inside of the capsule as the plastic resin may crush the capsule slightly as it cures. I then tape the capsule across the throughwire were you want it sitting in the body. It makes a very effective, loud rattle and best of all it's cheap. A jar of 100 of the capsules costs about US$1.50 here and if you ask around Ball Bearing suppliers they may have some old boxes of 1/4 or 3/16" steel balls that they want to get rid of. I just had a rush of blood and bought 4 boxes (1000 balls to a box) of 1/4" steel balls, which was redundant stock, for $5 a box. Don't know when I'll ever be making up 4000 rattling lures, but never mind.... Hope this helps. Kiwi

Thanks Jim Appreciate the help. I'll get some jig heads in to try. I'll keep trying with the topwater weighted fly idea. A lot of the back country rivers here you haven't got the room to cast a fly rod because you're hemmed in by bush or cliffs preventing a back cast. So something you could cast with a spinning rod would be an ideal solution. If I come up with anything sucessful I'll let you know. Thanks again. Kiwi

Hi Guys I am brand new to fly tying. I want to try and make a couple of patterns for casting with an ultralight spinning outfit. My questions are... 1)what can I use to weight a wet/streamer fly with so it will be heavy enough to cast. 2)I also want to try and make a weighted floating cicada / grasshopper imitation that is heavy enough to cast but still buoyant enough to float. What materials could I use that would be buoyant enough to float and compensate for the weight need for casting. I have seen some hopper flies tied with strips of foam, would this work? Thanks in advance. Kiwi

Big thanks to Woodsac, He sent me some samples of his soft plastic range. Very nice work, well worthwhile investing in. There's some very serious talent on this Board. Thanks again for all your help guys. Kiwi

Thanks Trickworm Appreciate the help Kiwi

Hi Big Splash I don't know if they would bite hard enough. They strike hard but they have very large mouths for their size and they just kind of inhale the bait instead of biting it like a trout. Using hardbaits you catch them in the lip/mouth but fishing with live baits they are nearly always hooked in the throat or gut, if it fits in their mouth they just suck it straight down. What sort of rigs can you use to prevent getting hung up in the weeds? Thanks Kiwi

Hi Nathan Thanks for the reply. The lakes I fish have quite heavy cover, lots of weed, tree stumps etc. The species I fish for the most is a type of Perch that sits in cover and ambushes its prey. So you have to fish right in next to the cover and try not to get hung up. Hope this helps. Thanks again Kiwi -Have attached a picture of a couple of these Perch taken on a handmade lure by my seven year old daughter - check out the bottom of their tails, they're worn down because they use them to dig under rock ledges to catch the crawfish underneath