Tactical bassing has a video of how spinnerbaits run under-water . Some run with the hook at a downward angle and some level . Then there are some that are in between , king of unstable and those baits pivot up and down .

13 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Ok, back down the rabbit hole @LrgmouthShad. Be careful about bending the arm so far. Consider this:

A Colorado blade will spin in a 45-50* angle, Indiana 30-35* and willow 25*ish. So you can see if you bend the arm too far the Colorado will bang into the hook.

No, the willow and Indiana will hit first because of their length...

 

6 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Tactical bassing has a video of how spinnerbaits run under-water . Some run with the hook at a downward angle and some level . Then there are some that are in between , king of unstable and those baits pivot up and down .

That’s the video I was referencing. It is actually very interesting. 
 

I don’t know how much it matters, but it’s something I kinda want to try and play around with. There are videos of Booyah coverts running underwater, and I could see that in the video, the covert runs with a pretty decent upward angle, not flat at all. But they catch the heck outta fish so…

12 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

@Jigfishn10 Thank you! For now I’m  going to say that drag from blades is indeed causing a lift effect on the SB and actually causes the spinnerbait to want to aim downwards, counteracting the head weight which causes the SB to want to tilt upwards. Wire length and angles magnify or diminish the effect. Skirt and trailer drag add to blade drag.  
 

Now I’m going to walk away from this topic for now and continue with my evening. Y’all still free to contribute though! Lol 

Thank the Christ!...  

8 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

No, the willow and Indiana will hit first because of their length...

I agree with your opinion, my point was that blades spin at different angles. 

 

All good  

One of the things to consider if you're trying to keep the blade arm close to the body of the bait is the flair of the skirt material which could interfere with the blades. 

 

Guilty of trial and error on that one...LOL