Mike Pike Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I've noticed that you can now buy the Vibrax with a siwash hook included in the package. Is this ment to be used as a trailing stinger or can you actually replace the treble with the single siwash? Just looking to add to my arsenal for the upcoming trout season, and I'm considering adding a few to my vest pocket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) Can't speak for trout, but I did catch a nice muskie on a #3 last fall. You replace the treble with the siwash. There's a gap in the ring at the top of the siwash...you crimp it closed after you've swapped the hooks. I've never bothered changing any of mine out, but I do sometimes throw a small Gamakatsu G-Stinger on one arm of the treble. Edited March 22, 2009 by TangledLines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks TangledLines. Is there a secret to removing the treble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffBornFishin Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks TangledLines. Is there a secret to removing the treble? It has to be cut off. I have switched back and forth with new trebles etc. using a split ring. Just install the siwash hook and crimp it. Siwash is preferred in heavy weeds as it doesn't hang up as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 i use number 3 or 4 when i fish the grand for wallye and they work awsome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I find the included siwash a bit to big for the #0 and #1 spinners. I bought some smaller ones at BPS and replace all of the trebles on my spinners with siwashs for trout. Also pinch down the barbs!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 They are a great spinner. Both myself and my son, buy up the silver #1 and #2 when they stock back up.Great on the notty for them fall salmon and steel head,and those pesky pike that hang around too. Chuck the siwash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thanks very much for the replies, Guys! Good bit of info. Good idea about using an o ring to alternate between treble and siwash too. I prefer the treble in most situations, but there are rivers which have special regulations where you can only use a single barbless hook for trout, so in this situation the treble is not an option. I think I'll be cutting off the treble and crimping down the siwash and giving 'em a go this spring. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickingfrog Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I prefer a single hook on most of my spinners and spoons. I also bend the hook a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 SHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIFTER_016 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 They are my favorite spinner!!!! My go to colours are silver and gold and sizes I use are 2's and 3's. As for fish I have caught on them are rainbows, cohos, lakers, grayling and char just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 A lot of places have regulations for single-hooks only for fishing and BlueFox's biggest market is Alaska which has that policy at many popular fishing destinations. I don't trust the siwash though after have too many of them twist off in the middle of a thrashing fish fight so i've switched to split rings and single gamakatsu. I use the oval split rings that come to a bit of a point at both ends, i find the had fewer hook/lure tangles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) I hear ya Drifter. Although I haven't fished with the Vibrax spinners much, I've fish the Mepps inlines for as long as I can remember. Love tossing 'em, feeling the thumping of the blades and then the strike! So few misses on spinners. And these days when there are so many other options, particularly with plastics, I still go back to spinners in the streams and rivers for trout, bass, everything! And J aces, the spit ring with a Gammy sounds like a good way to go. tnx Edited March 23, 2009 by Mike Pike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozaibak1 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 I've ordered 4 of these to try out this year, from the comments it sounds like these are quite good, the online comments on cabela's were solid too so these will be in the arsenal. They seem like a lure that can catch quite a variety of fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigdritchie Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Also look at the Mepps Comet, which is designed for easy hook changes. If you screw the brass weighted part up towards the blade you expose the end of the wire and can just slide the treble off and slip a single on, without having to cut the hook or chip your thumbnail on a split ring. If you use a weedless single hook, you'll find the spinner doesn't get stuck on logs or rocks nearly as much as a treble-hook version will. Seriously - you can crank it right through logjams, which not only saves you a lot of cash over a season, but means a couple of bonus fish you wouldn't have hooked otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted March 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Holy cow Craig, I've fish Mepps spinners for years and didn't know that was one of the feature one 'em. I would have been upgrading and changing hooks on 'em routinely otherwise. Now I can't wait to get home and 'play.' Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherpete Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) The Blue Fox #3,4 or 5 spinner in Firetiger is a killer on many Kawartha lakes. I have caught largemouth, smallmouth, pike, muskie, walleye... come to think of it everything on it! LeBaron has the best prices on both these and the Mepps spinners in the GTA. Mike Pike - as far as I know, it's only the Mepps Comet model that allows the hook change. Edited March 23, 2009 by Fisherpete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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