Big Epp Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Hello! I have the smaller poison tail mold (1/8, 1/4, and 3/8) and want to modify it to make spinner baits. I saw a video on how to do it and feel fairly confident I can. However, I'm curious about wire form sizes. I was looking at the piano wire forms on Jann's Netcraft, and these are the sizes offered. Am I correct that the smaller ones would be appropriate for crappie sizes spinnerbaits and the larger ones would be for bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Epp Posted January 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 Then I found this in the LPO catalog... very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsouth Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 .035 has more vibration than heavier wire but it will not hold up very well to largemouth, you will have to tune it almost after every fish but it will get bit a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD_mudbug Posted January 31, 2022 Report Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) I no longer use piano wire for bass. It gets mangled too much. As for the dimension size of the frame, I use small frames for bass in a few situations. One is early spring when there are lots of small baitfish. I have made some small Pond Magic type spinnerbaits to match the small baitfish. The other situations are water coverage and deep 'cranking' situations. I make a Rocket Shad type small frame heavy head spinnerbait for those. I use stainless wire on those small frame baits. Edited January 31, 2022 by JD_mudbug 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
