TwisTech or Hagen’s wire bender? Which should you choose? On this video I make DIY in-line spinner baits with both! Bass and crappie fishing in-line spinner baits! Feel free to leave comments and let me know which you prefer!
I attached an aluminum bar to the bottom of my Hagen's machine and used C-Clamps to hold it in place and make it portable. I like the Hagen's machine just a little better.
@@Counselor77 Thanks for the comment! Making it portable is a plus for sure. The little trays on the hagens is a nice extra feature as well. I find myself using the twistech more these days, probably just for the speed. The hagens has the extra step where you have to flip the wire over to bend it back before making the loop.
Great video and nice looking spinners, I have a pile of panther martins, xd mepps that go thru heck during the white bass run. I have a bunch of bent up trebles and torn up dressings on the hooks. I need to learn to replicate the dressing on the panther martins so I can make some up new dressed hooks to replace all my bent up ones.
I appreciate it! Something I have also done, which I need to make a video doing, is refurbishing old mepps lures. My Grandfather had about a dozen old ones that were exactly as you are describing. Rusted hooks, bent and just beat up! He gave them to me to see if I could do anything for them, and basically I just cut them off the old wire and put whatever was salvageable on new wire. They turned out great and he loved them! Not to mention it probably saved him a hundred dollar bill!
For Hagen's you can buy the kits (there are three) to bend from the thinnest wire all the way to 0.059 wire. For thick wire you have to buy the Twistec magnum so you'll end up with two units. Hagen's with interchangeable kits can do them all. Also Hagen's can make diferent loop sizes depending on which kit you need. There are aplications where you need tiny loops or big loops. Personally I like Hagen's for versatility.
That’s very true. I mainly fish for bass and crappie, so the need for the larger wire just isn’t there for me. I have been catching myself using the twist tech more, as it’s quicker with a few less steps. Also it takes up just a little less real estate.
@@vogters12345 I got mine from poulsencascadetackle.com/product/twistech/ Looks like they are out of stock also. When I ordered mine, it was on back order and took me roughly 6 months to get. That was really the reason I purchased the hagens. Both really are great tools!
I personally like the .035 wire (#15). I get mine from a local place in town, but you can find it on Amazon. AFW Tooth Proof Stainless Steel Single Strand Hard Leader Wire
AFW Tooth Proof Stainless Steel Single Strand Hard Leader Wire - Bright and Camo for Shark, Barracuda, King Mackerel, Wahoo, Snook Bite Protection for Toothy Critters, Rigging Baits and Lures a.co/d/4UPvAqP
the mounting holes on the hagen seem to be almost the same distance apart as the mounting holes on the clamp of the twistech, if they line up well enough, you could just use the hagen together with the clamp made by twistech.
