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The next spin bug is a silent type which has a pointed nose instead of a cupped or slanted head. This type of bug resembles a minnow or some other kind of small fish more than it does a bug. It swims through the water creating a ripple like a minnow cleaving the surface of a stream or lake. The construction and dimensions of this lure are shown in Fig. 27. The wood body should be about 1 in. long and in. in diameter. The quick way to make this bug is to fasten a screw eye in the nose and another one at the tail, for free-swinging treble hook or a single hook. The treble will hook more fish, but the single hook will snag less in the weeds. To give this bug a minnow appearance, the hook should be wrapped with four or six rooster hackle feathers, long enough and wide enough to cover the treble (or single) hook. When tying these feathers on the hook, wrap a few turns of the thread under them to make them splay out. In other words, try to make the hackles slant out away from the hook. This will give them a "breathing" action in the water. If you want to, tie in another hackle feather near the hook eye, then wind it around the hook to form a collar of hackle. Figure 27. Silent type spin bug. To make a stronger bug of this type, run a wire through the wood body from nose to tail and form eyes at each end to take the line and the hook. And, instead of using hackle feathers, tie some long bucktail hairs around the hook shank.
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