I throw hammered copper blades in the turtle back shape. This blade seems to work well in muddy water and tannin water. The matched skirts are bright chartreuse and or black/blue. In certain situations, copper finishes have a better reflective property than gold. 

After reading this thread I've added some copper blades to my arsenal. 

FYI Presidents Day sale at Overstock bait has some copper war eagles for $5 each.

Copper blades have their purpose along with nickle and gold . Colored blades (white , chartreuse and orange / red) interest me now (orange / red in the spring) . I want to experiment with painting the smaller Colorado blade on existing spinner baits I have in a orange / red color for Spring . I also want to try painting the larger willow blade white or chartreuse  on a couple of spinner baits and see how they produce ... Anybody painted their existing spinner bait blades (especially the smaller Colorado blade orange / red) for Spring bass ?

15 hours ago, Dens228 said:

After reading this thread I've added some copper blades to my arsenal. 

*Try Bronze too !

1 hour ago, ChrisD46 said:

Copper blades have their purpose along with nickle and gold . Colored blades (white , chartreuse and orange / red) interest me now (orange / red in the spring) . I want to experiment with painting the smaller Colorado blade on existing spinner baits I have in a orange / red color for Spring . I also want to try painting the larger willow blade white or chartreuse  on a couple of spinner baits and see how they produce ... Anybody painted their existing spinner bait blades (especially the smaller Colorado blade orange / red) for Spring bass ?

*Try Bronze too !

I'm intrigued by the hammered look of some of the copper blades.  I places I fish tend to be either ultra clear or ultra muddy.  I'm always trying to add to my arsenal. 

Thanks for all the replies...can't wait for ice out

 

So, if I may add to this, how many of youz guyz use Painted blades on a regular basis. I.e. red, green, black, ect. And what is your success rate with them..? 

5 minutes ago, Hammer 4 said:

So, if I may add to this, how many of youz guyz use Painted blades on a regular basis. I.e. red, green, black, ect. And what is your success rate with them..? 

 White with white blades, as well as chartreuse with chartreuse blades or a combination of the above has worked very well for me for smallmouth, especially on cloudy, rainy days or if the water is slightly off coloured. This is usually double willow for me.