back in the early days of B.A.S.S. a big winner on the circuit were fleck spinnerbaits.

They are nearly impossible to find now a days, but I am trying to buy some.  

I like them because the wire where you tie the line to the bait is a closed loop. 

I actually think this is why they lost popularity.  some pr man decided to market his companies spinnerbaits as 'superior' because the line tie area was not a closed loop thereby exciting bass by blah blah blah.   anyway.    does anyone know where I can get these?   They were made by lunker lure and called Fleck weed wader spinnerbait.  and yes they were great in weeds.

I can't even find them on ebay.   I would consider any other closed loop spinnerbait but it's the fleck I'm really searching for

thanks.

I still have a few new in package. Not a  good spinnerbait by todays standards. Poor swivel and the old Hula popper - type skirt but in plastic. I hate how almost every spinnerbait on the market is the "r"type (open) line tie. I assemble my own closed-eye spinnerbaits   for about $3.50 a double willow gold baladed, ball bearing swivel, with a skirt you make and a trailer hook.

  Used them a lot in the eightys.  The name changed to supreme sometime back then.  You can still find them on the internet.  Try supreme lures.

I have at least 10 fleck spinnerbaits some in the package new I would sell them

   Looks like there are people here willing to help you. If you want to explore other spinnerbaits that have a twisted (or closed) eye, you might try Northland Reed Runners and the twisted-eye models of J-Mac.    jj

Fleck Weed Waders.  Oh the memories. Small hooks though.

I still have 3 of them, they were the first spinnerbait I ever caught a bass on.  

I use to get my Flecks at Northern Bass Supply up in NH years ago. Great spinnerbaits. Have caught a ton of bass on them. Not sure why I use only the fancy/modern versions these days? Availability maybe, but they will still catch a lot of bass.

I remember back in the day I had a couple of them and I can't remember what I didn't like about them.  Probably the vinyl skirt.  My favorite back in the day was a smallish frame - round/oval head with a short blade arm and a smaller single Colorado blade.   A black one with a black or brown pork frog or a white/chartruese one with a green & white spots pork frog ( standard size, # 11 I think was the ticket.

Resurrection of an old thread.

 

   I had a Fleck Weed Wader back in the late 70's. It had a vinyl white/grey skirt and two white Indiana blades. I think it was a quarter oz. It was one of the fish catchingest spinnerbait I ever had. Just ordered some white Indiana blades and going to recreate this lure with better components. Hopefully I'll get to go fishing this fall and I'll be chucking it.