davewood Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Should I choose a wire bender, or is there a jig I can purchase or make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 It depends on what you want to do. I only need to make "R" bends for spinnerbait forms so I use a product called the little blue bender. I also use round nose pliers to make loops and other bends but if you need to make twist or complex type bends it is best to use a wire forming tool like the boggs tacklemaker or the hagend or twistech. You can use a good round nose pliers if you only need to do a few pieces but if you are doing a larger number of things requiring complex bends as I said before, then go with a wire forming tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinman Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 if you use thicker wire, tools are very nice. I use .035 on most of my stuff and have used boggs, hagens and twistech over the years. twistech is the choice these days for a number of reasons--most of which is no limitation of length of spinner. Just my perspective... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpNoodle Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Built over 200 salmon trolling spinners this year. All on .035 wire. I'm sold on my Twistech. I can crank out about 30-40 spinners per hour with that tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsanders Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 I just got my twistech in the mail and can't wait to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atijigs Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 I am sure you will like it. The only thing I don't like about the wire benders is the fixed line tie eye diameter. For the most part they works fine. I am doing more by hand now with a round nose pliers and vice grip because the wire diameter does not matter and I can form a much smaller line tie eye. This is for wraps and bends not spinner bait and buzz bait wire forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffond Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well what kind of lures are you making with wire? Eyes? French spinners? Spinnerbaits? Prescot type spinners? what kind of fish are you fishing for as well? If your going for muskys or panfish... wire will make the difference and then choosing the correct tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 The Hagens one has three sizes for the eye and loops. I just got the smallest one but wish it was a little smaller. It is .092. It looks way better on small wire than the others. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
