This fishing lure was inspired by a one paragraph in A.D. Livingston's book . Luremaking. He describes but doesn't show soldering a spinner blade onto a leader sleeve. So i thought i would give it a go and after bit of faffing around it worked rather well. The advantage of this over using a clevis is the blade starts turning very easily unlike many of the top brand standard inline spinners. The only real downside is it losses a bit of its rumble or heavy vibration in the water, but this can be fixed by experimenting with bend the blade, pliers work best unless you have spoon bending powers.
The soldering can be a bit tricky, and the blades and sleeve work best if they have any coatings removed, a file or sandpaper works well enough. Flux helps wet out metal and allow for a solid bond. I used a kitchen blow lamp, but heavy soldering iron will work well on thin blades.
Tools and Materials used
No3 french blades
small file
1.6mm brass crimp sleeve
flux
solder
blowlamp or soldering iron
.6-.8mm spinner wire
brass worm weight
couple of bead, either brass or plastic
jewelry pliers to bend wire link amzn.to/3LIXsDv
wire cutters
small treble or single hook
6 янв 2023
