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Hi there , folks , Early this , or even last year , I've purchased a few used 1 ounce "Hofschneider Red Eye Spoons" off US Ebay , ......by that time I had mounted new hooks(rear only) , splitrings and attachement swivels to them . http://mama.indstate.edu/users/eudyptes/fishing/fishing_pics/redeye.jpg Today I've made a couple of dozens of casts with one of them , .......fishing was once more dead slow due to unsuitable weather , ....so no catches occured . This spoon model must have some kind of catching appeal , since it has been around for so many decades in the USA and Canada , .......if it wasn't so, the lure would have vanished from the market pretty fast , ...... I'm sure ! Here in central Europe(Germany)this spoon model is rather unknown . But still I'm wondering about the swimming action of this lure , ......unlike the famous "Eppinger Daredevles" or the wellknown German "Effzett Spoon" it gets to spin around it's lengthwise axis very easy , also swims with it's reverse side downward just to only flutter up and down , .......not wobble along like the two previously mentioned spoon examples . Only on a very , very slow pace of retrieve it kinda cants from one side to the other and wobbles along without turning over or spin , ....but to me it's very hard to keep this slow pace , especially when the lure approaches shallower waters near the bank I'm standing on , .......could get to snag up quite easy at this stage . I'm not used to spoons having such an action like the "Red Eye Wiggler" or "Red Eye Spoon" , ...... can anybody out there give me some confidence in this lure , .......do you catch pike and muskie on them , ...and if so , ....how do you retrieve them ? Would be glad about any "Red Eye Spoon" experiences being shared in here , ........thanks a lot , .............greetz , diemai