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Anyone has a Jackal DD79 jerkbaits in natural colors they want to trade? Allen

Man that color right there and the solid white one wreck fish for me May to September. Colder clear water I like silent baits most of the time. Allen

I used to do this with one or two type baits a year to become a better angler overall. After a while you just figure out what works best and only need a few of each bait. The exception to this rule for me is hard jerkbaits in the spring or fall. All the other hardbaits I use for the year could fit in a single Plano 3700. I have had many days where jerkbait #11 was the one they wanted. Allen

The brownish wire is called super stainless and I have made 1000 spinnerbaits using it. The wire is tempered so it is stronger per given diameter than other wire. Mark Mercer at Mustang Wire makes the super stainless wire forms. To buy direct from him there's a 1 to 10k minimum depending if it's a stock item. Otherwise Lurepartsonline sells the wire forms from Mustang Wire. If you just need a couple spinnerbait frames to try I can send you a couple to try. I have. 032,.035, and. 040 frames. Allen

This is what I use as well based on line size. As I am getting older those tiny guided just don't work for me. Casing I use size 5 runners and spinning 4 or 4.5 work best. Allen

Carolina rig bait rigged flat side down is how I have fished them. Allen

Looking over everyone's list these are the things I believe I have: Stanley spinnerbaits regular and titanium Zoom Znail worms in GP Zoom fluke Gobies Rapala long cast Minnow Storm square bill wart but I am not sure if it's what everyone's looking for? Allen

Switching it back to a prop now. Rebuilding the River Rave over the winter and going to focus on fishing the river next year. Allen

Still use them during the summer just cut back on the number I carry. Allen

Manns Kangaroo grubs in white. Berkeley Powerbait Mud Critter in GP or Black. Some of the stuff people mentioned above I have. When I start my annual winter tackle cull I will reach out to whoever posted looking for something. I will be open to trades for stuff. Allen

Everyone is always asking about your favorite colors and the usual ones always pop up. My question is what are the non popular ones you use and in what water clarity? For reference most of the water I fish in clear to stained 90% of the time minus the Lower Potomac which is mud 90% of the time. With that said I will post my top 3 favorite colors that are usually not mentioned. 1. Yamamoto Natural Shad= I have yet to find a color that matched the local minnow forage than this and I have caught thousands of fish using this color. Senko's, Shad Shape worms, and I pour my own Flukes in this color because it works so well. 2. Zoom Scuppernong= This is just a translucent brown, but man does it work around here. Caught my PB Upper Potomac River bass on a Super Hog in this color at 6-7. Not sure why it works so well but it just does, and I buy at least 1 pack of every bait in this color to try. 3. Gitzet Leech= If you just look at this one in hand it looks black? Hold it up to the light and it is a different color sort of a cross between brown/black. Same with their Brown which looks black in hand. Not sure what Gitzit has going on with these, but they are the best tubes I have used especially in colder water. I have 100's of different tubes but none of them have worked as well as these in colder water over the past several years. Allen

Mustad 91768 size 2 hook hand bent from 30 to 60 degrees poured into a Do-It tubehead mold. Allen

How do you inline spinner guys twist the eyes on the ends? I have made 1000's of spinnerbaits over the years and only know how to do closed loops with pliers. Allen

You don't hear a lot about the shad shape worm or the color natural shad but they are just killer in the clear water around here. Looking at that Ned Head it looks like someone used Steelhead hooks? Thinking the is a Gama 604 or a Mustad 32883 hook. Allen

Punch out the hook eye then close with pliers after attaching the blade. Allen

This one is black bear hair. Allen

Is it made in "Natural Shad ". Allen

Most of the time I throw 2 colors of swim jigs; whitish and sunfish. Whitish catches more fish but the sunfish one catches the bigger fish. Allen

Best casting jerkbait is the Jackal Rearrange I just hate that it sounds like your line just snapped on every cast. High winds use a spinning rod unless you want to pick out birds nests half the day. Allen

The guys at Tactical Bassin did a video on these and from what I remember they are good for vertical jigging like a Silver Buddy. Since I vertical jig about once every 5 years I can't say whether they work or not. Allen

Ed Champers who made the WEC baits passed away a couple years ago. If it is a WEC bait Ed made it and if it's a Black Label then Cliff Pace. Most WEC baits will have EC and a year etched into the bill. Allen

They bought most of Ed Chambers wood baits and have a crapload of them still. Cliff Pace bought the duplicator machines from Zoom and started producing a lot of the baits under his brand. Allen

While they are both called jerkbaits I consider them two different lures. Spring and Fall cooler water is for the hardbaits. Summer if for the soft plastic ones for me generally with some overlap. Soft are fished more aggressively while the hard suspenders you want to just hover after a couple twitches or pulls. Tough to explain here versus being able to show you what I mean? Allen

Assume these baits are for deep rolling? Not sure how big these blades are but they are the biggest I have ever seen on a bass lure. Allen

Ebay and a Facebook group called Wood Bait Nation (or something similar?)are the best places I know of. Generally, WEC baits go for $20-50 depending on condition and rarity. Most valuable one I have is a 2007 Grey back foiled Mutt worth about $150. Allen