Making spinners ?

Been getting into making my own spinners. Anyone here make their own spinners. Was looking for some help have a couple of questions.
What size clevis goes with what size blades ?
What size do you like for trout?

slabfinder
I tie worm harness sure beats $3 a pull. I use just 3-5 size Colorado blades, depending on cold fronts and how warm the water is. I don't put much thought in clevis. Buy them in packs of 500. I suspect small as you can get for trout.

This post was ABSOLUTLEY no help. It didn't even come close. He asked about spinners for trout and you make a post about worm harnesses. Wow

BorgCollective
At least he offered more help than you did there, Indiana Boob!
 
 
 

really cmon bob is rite   its like saying what workr for walleye  should work for trout lol lol lol

Spinner Construction

This example is for making one #1 White Bead Gold spinner (approx. weight: 1/8 oz.). 


Cost Per
Supply Item Spinner
1. Single Strand Wire (Diameter .026)
H 548 Foot Coil for $13.10 (makes approximately 2,192 spinners) $0.00598 

2. Beads
H 1/8" $44.50 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.04450 
H 3/16" $50.71 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.05071 
H 7/32" $63.36 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.06336 
H 1/4" $76.45 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.07645 
H 6mm $15.35 per 1,000 (Plastic Simulated Pearl Bead - Size 6) $0.01535 

3. French Spinner Blade
H Size 1 $38.25 per 1,000 (Polished Brass) $0.03825 
Note: If bought at Cabela's a size 2 is actually the equivalent of a size 1 Mepps blade.

4. Folded Clevise
C Size 1 $8.99 per 500 (Nickel) $0.01798 
Note: A size 1 at Hagen's is a little smaller than a size 1 at Cabela's and a size 2 at
Hagen's is a little bigger than a size 1 at Cabela's. Cabela's doesn't sell brass-colored
clevises.

5. Treble Hook
H Size 10 $86.52 per 1,000 VMC Bronze 9650BZ $0.08652 
Cost per spinner (excluding postage and labor): $0.39910 

slabfinder
I tie worm harness sure beats $3 a pull. I use just 3-5 size Colorado blades, depending on cold fronts and how warm the water is. I don't put much thought in clevis. Buy them in packs of 500. I suspect small as you can get for trout.

What size clevis do u use for the Colorado blades.

Indiana_Bob

slabfinder
I tie worm harness sure beats $3 a pull. I use just 3-5 size Colorado blades, depending on cold fronts and how warm the water is. I don't put much thought in clevis. Buy them in packs of 500. I suspect small as you can get for trout.

This post was ABSOLUTLEY no help. It didn't even come close. He asked about spinners for trout and you make a post about worm harnesses. Wow

If you must know your an idiot. Worm harness Can be used for trout also they are made with clevis and spinner blades which is my question. Go be a troll somewhere else and don't high jack my thread. Your post is absolutely useless.

jat1007
geezee bob relax..... 
 
save your time just buy a rooster tail they're like 3$

I got to agree with above.........but I'll take a Mepps , they always spin !

bingsbaits
Spinner Construction

This example is for making one #1 White Bead Gold spinner (approx. weight: 1/8 oz.). 


Cost Per
Supply Item Spinner
1. Single Strand Wire (Diameter .026)
H 548 Foot Coil for $13.10 (makes approximately 2,192 spinners) $0.00598 

2. Beads
H 1/8" $44.50 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.04450 
H 3/16" $50.71 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.05071 
H 7/32" $63.36 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.06336 
H 1/4" $76.45 per 1,000 (Solid Polished Brass) $0.07645 
H 6mm $15.35 per 1,000 (Plastic Simulated Pearl Bead - Size 6) $0.01535 

3. French Spinner Blade
H Size 1 $38.25 per 1,000 (Polished Brass) $0.03825 
Note: If bought at Cabela's a size 2 is actually the equivalent of a size 1 Mepps blade.

4. Folded Clevise
C Size 1 $8.99 per 500 (Nickel) $0.01798 
Note: A size 1 at Hagen's is a little smaller than a size 1 at Cabela's and a size 2 at
Hagen's is a little bigger than a size 1 at Cabela's. Cabela's doesn't sell brass-colored
clevises.

5. Treble Hook
H Size 10 $86.52 per 1,000 VMC Bronze 9650BZ $0.08652 
Cost per spinner (excluding postage and labor): $0.39910 

The Frank Nale system, yea? 
 
What's your TPH, Bings? 

Just outta curiosity is this more of a cheap route or a satisfaction of a homemade rig? If its satisfaction.. maybe start with some spoons.. i used to make my own to crush smallies with. Its always fun to play around with creating homemade lures because if you strike gold you know noone else is throwing that same rig.

Janns's Netcraft is good place to get stuff. they sell inline spinner kits and Panther Martin knockoffs. Plus they sell individual components if you really want to customize.
 
I like 1/16 and 1/8 rooster tails personally. 1/32 I will use in really small stocked creeks...but 1/16 gets the most use.

fishfashfush
Just outta curiosity is this more of a cheap route or a satisfaction of a homemade rig? If its satisfaction.. maybe start with some spoons.. i used to make my own to crush smallies with. Its always fun to play around with creating homemade lures because if you strike gold you know noone else is throwing that same rig.

For those with curiosity (think innovation) it is homemade because I'm making something that you cannot buy in the stores. I would post pics but this is fishusa (troll city). I pretty much already have everything but the clevis to fit the blades. It's actually not really just a spinner and something like a joes fly. It's more fly tying than anything. I'm just having a hard time getting the blade to spin good. Looks like I'll experiment a little more on it.
Thanks

Also.... test your spinners first, without a snap swivel to check blade action. Using a snap-swivel may allow the entire rig to spin, keeping the blade quiet.

i made a fly/jig/lure with a artificial finger nail before..... it was white and all glittery and threw a feahter on the tail.... and jigged it... i nailed the crappies

Here are a few comments based on what I read above:
 
The recipe given earlier in this topic was for one of my homemade White Bead Gold spinners.  A photo of one of them can be seen at the website HuntingPA in the "Trout/Salmon Fishing Forum" under the topic "Frank Nale's 2016 Trout Season Summary."  I've been making my own spinners since 1981 so I have considerable experience.
 
I buy almost all of my components at Hagen's.
 
When components are bought in bulk, quality spinners can be made for about $.50 each right now.
 
If the blade on a spinner is not spinning constantly the spinner is basically worthless.  One thing you can try is to put a small bead next to the clevis (on the side closest to the hook).  If you look at my spinners in the photo mentioned above, you'll see that I taper the size of the beads away from the clevis.  I believe this helps the blade spin freely.  I know for fact from experimentation that a large bead against the clevis inhibits the blade from spinning.
 
Another thing that can cause the blade not to spin freely is when the blade is cupped deeply.  I sometimes use #3 Indiana blades and they are all cupped too deeply and frequently hesitate during retrieval.  To avoid this problem, I smash them nearly flat with a C-clamp against a board before I use them.  If you don't want to mess around with doing this, just use a #1 French blade like on the Mepps Aglia spinners.
 
I would never use a spinner with any hair or hackle tied around the hook.  If fishing a stream with algae, this hair or hackle will soon look and smell like algae to a trout.  It's extremely rare for me to catch a trout on a spinner when I have even a speck of algae on the hook, so that should tell you something about how well a spinner with hair or hackle would work.  Now, for those of you who will disagree with me on this and say that you've caught trout with spinners that have hair or a hackle tied around the hook, I would have to ask you how many trout have you caught this way?  I would bet that it is very few.
 
I chased the link to the CP Swing given above.  They describe it as an "inline" spinner.  To my knowledge, only spinners without a clevis are truly "inline" spinners.  One reason I suspect I'm right on this is that Hagen's sells "inline" spinner blades and they are the Panther Martin blade-style only.  Think about it, if a CP Swing is an inline spinner, then are all spinners "inline" spinners?
 
I've never used a "Joe's Fly" but I have seen photos of them.  They look much too light in weight to cast far enough to be effective trout catchers.  If you want to catch lots of wild trout on spinners I recommend that your spinners be no lighter than 1/8 ounce.
 
- Frank Nale -