7 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Do you make your own blades?

 

No I buy them from the same manufacturers as Barlow's. JannsNetcraft. Lurepartsonline.

 

Allen

I don't have much time to post right now but don't forget about Oklahoma blades.  Terminator used to have these available for their T1 spinnerbaits.  I caught many bass using the Oklahoma blades.

@LrgmouthShad - Great topic and obviously everyone has their own opinions and experiences. This year I was fortunate to be back home in RI from 1st week of June through now. I changed from large blades, large colorados, loud and vibrating everything etc. down in the tidal rivers near DC/VA/MD to small - thin - double willow & natural colors. I caught over 200 quality bass this year ranging 1 to 6lbs. Been an awesome year. My only observation is - slow retrieve with change of presentation every once in a while, using that wind, and lower light levels. Hope this helps. Best luck to you out there!

7 hours ago, cgolf said:

This thread is evil, as I know have a roughly 75 buck order of just different blades from barlows ready to order sometime this month.

 

Let me know which ones you want to try and I can send you some. I have bought about 5k blades in the past 6 months so I have a few spares. 

 

Allen

 

P.S did a little more digging through my blade box.... the trickster blades are almost completely flat. When I was using the trickster spinnerbait in a crystal clear lake one time, I do recall seeing that the blades spun with a noticeably wide arc.

On 11/3/2021 at 9:17 PM, LrgmouthShad said:

PS where can I find these “slow” or very flat blades? Very intriguing considering that the first couple of seconds are critical to how I fish spinnerbaits

 

Edit: that one Stanley vibrawedge I got looks like it could be considered to have “slow” willows. Hmmmm

 

ebay unless you want a lot of them? I have size 3.5 and 4 nickel willows if you want a couple to try out. As for Stanley from what I remember the blade has a tapered thickness. Not sure about the cup though? Hildabrant blades are thicker as well and I am not sure what this is supposed to accomplish? Maybe greater weight to increase drag for a tighter turn radius? Don't know I just know their plating quality has gone down hill in the last couple of years.

 

Allen

12 hours ago, Munkin said:

Let me know which ones you want to try and I can send you some. I have bought about 5k blades in the past 6 months so I have a few spares. 

 

Allen

 

 

 

You ever made a short arm spinner bait? Looking at the unpainted frames that look like the war eagle head and was thinking of making a short arm spinner or two out of them.