Ces Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hey guys, I've been trying to do this myself but for some reason I can't seem to get my head around it. What should I do in terms of tuning spinnerbait and beetle spin wire forms? For example, if my beetle spin is starting to run sideways, i.e. if the bait was running directly towards you at eye level, instead of the the blade being at 12 o'clock and the jig and trailer at 6 the blade is say at 2 and the bait at 8, what should i bend in what direction to get it swimming correctly? Thanks for the help guys. Cheers, Ces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 My thoughts is to always bend the blade arm toward the low side, so looking at it face on as you describe, bend arm to right. Maybe lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 For spinnerbaits I always try and make sure the wire is coming out of the head straight, and that the blade arm wire is directly in line with the hook. I don't know anything about tuning beetle spins, but they look to me like the wire form is free swinging from the jig head, so it can't be tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Remember this, it isn't only the wire that causes a spinnerbait to run on its side. A lot of major brand spinnerbaits use blades that are too big , they work fine for slow and moderate pace retrieves but approach anything near what I would call a fast retrieve speed and the bait will lean to one side. So if the wire is coming out of the head straight and the blade arm is in line with the hook and body then it will run fine unless the blade is too big. What happens is the torque of the blade spinning wants to pull the wire down, to combat that use a size smaller blade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ces Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks guys. All good tips. I'll try bending them towards the direction of lean and then change out the blades if that doesn't work. Thanks again guys, much appreciated. Ces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Smalljaw is on target... The weight to blade size ratio is off... You need smaller blades for that size weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent R Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) If you put a plastic trailer on your spinnerbait and it is to big in can make it run to one side also. And i also agree with Smalljaw. Edited January 14, 2017 by Brent R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
