balancing spoon type lures

[RhettWheeler]

Where should I weight a casting spoon? To the rear? Finally planning on creating my blue fish lures.

I plan on having the spoon able to slide independently on a steel leader so on retrieval the lure will butt up to the hook that I will be typing bucktail to.

[dahlberg]

It depends on what you want the spoon to do!
best
L

[RhettWheeler]

I would want it to work very similar to a kastmaster. Kind of a swimming/fluttering action upon retrieval. Any tips?

[RhettWheeler]

p.s. just put in a massive order with alumalite... gonna be a busy busy young man figuring all the products out good thing all the lure kits come with the dvd's!!!

[Watchhiller]

hey rhett, tony accetta pet spoon is a devastating profile. looks like a bait fish from below. just fatten it up (probably towards the tail)with the plastic. maybe tough gettin the weight right, or to make em swim right through wired(ie. 'pushin' instead of 'pullin'). larry did some spoon sliders for tarpon maybe off africa(?) a few years back if you can find the episode. blues can't let a pet go by. false albies, stripers, squeteague, hickory shad kill em. work great in fresh water too. rainbows, brookies, browns, bass, pickerel, pike, blue gill, crappie, white/yellow perch, even a couple monster golden shiners have fallen to different sizes of them. have em from 1 inch to 9 or 10 inches. retro rules! good luck.

[RhettWheeler]

rethinking it I may not do a through leader... seems to me like it'll b impossible to get the action I want. I'll def. research that design you're talking about and give it a go. So you thinking weighting it more towards the tail?

[Watchhiller]

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[RhettWheeler]

desired action: swimming/fluttering

[dahlberg]

Almost any way it's weighted it will flutter. Weight toward the rear it will run closer to the surface.
I'd try a variety of different weight placements, including weighting to one side on a curved spoon.
Have fun. I think you will find it an interesting project and an area that has not been fully explored.
best
L

[RhettWheeler]

Can't wait to test some designs I have in mind. I'm banking on a subsurface one so thanks for that tip to weight it in the rear. I want it to swim just under the surface and if every now and then it smacks the top of the water all the better.

P.s.
My first attempt at a wiggly came out pretty darn good. not 100% there yet because I used the mold putty instead of the highstrength 2 (just was dying to pour some plastic today ), but no biggie, I have plenty of material and my big Mr.Wiggly mold will be 100% complete tomorrow. Can't wait. It's going to be epic. Got the 33 color alumidust kit. Going to have some fun with that.

[Watchhiller]

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[RhettWheeler]

that's the understatement of the century Watchiller hahaha

I greatly appreciate all of the advice. Plan on creating my blanks this weekend for the different spoon designs I have in mind

Will keep you guys posted on my progress next week!