Walleye spinner, best knot to use?

[young_one]

Went to Bass Pro after dropping of the boat for maintance, and bought a few things for Walleye opener.

Plan to tie a couple double hook spinners while I wait.

 

QUESTION:

Should I use a combanation of size 2 and 4 hooks or same size for front and back?

Should the red hook be placed at the front?

Which knot is the best for front? Back?

Leader length?

 

Befor, I use a Parlomar knot at the back, and a simple wrap at the front, but I find the Parlomar knot never keeps the hook perfectly strait.

 

- couple Calorado blades

- beads

- size 2 and 4 hooks

- PLine 15lb (never tried this, looks pretty good, had a smaller Diameter than Basspro fluor and teh New Trilene 100% fluor)

[grt1]

It looks like you got some good stuff there, but, and theres always a but. I make spinners as a business and I rarely use a #4 hook. I think they are too small and too easy to swallow. if you plan on releasing the fish the #4 hooks go too far down the throat and when removed slice the fish's liver and other organs. the fish dies so the release was a waste of fish.

 

When I tie spinners, I use 25 pound trilene xl for the strength and abrasion resistance that comes from bouncing on the bottom. To get the length I want I just hold the line and measure up to my shoulder and cut it that size. when it is finished there is about a 30 inch leader.

I use a 2/0 hook with a medium to long shank, depending on the minnow size that will be used.

I will use 5 4mm beads and then a #2 clevis to put the blade on.

 

Everyone has their own method of tying the hook onto the line but I find that it doesn't matter if it is perfectly straight since the spinner causes the minnow to spin in the water anyway.

 

Hope this helps.

[eye-tracker]

To save me typing all this over again and sounding like a broken record - check out how these guys tie spinners as they fish for a living.

Spinners 101

 

Forgot to add the knot I use...it is a quick snell that I like using in the boat, you can tie spinners fast once you get the hang of this simple snell.

 

-sheldon

Edited April 24, 2008 by eye-tracker

[young_one]

Thanks grt1,

Its always great to get the response from the pro, like yourself, who make spinners as a business.

Right after posting this Topic, I also went through the internet and many spinners seem to be tied with the Snell Knot, took me a while to learn it, but now I got it. Look just like the knot from pre-tied spinners. With the extra wrap on the shank, I'm sure it'll help nighcrawlers to stay on the hook.

I'll definitely tie a few spinner with the leader length you suggested, I think it can make a big difference!