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Another popular and effective spinner is the "June Bug" type shown in Fig. 71. The June Bug blade has an extension cut from the blade itself, and this keeps the blade revolving at a fixed distance from the shaft. This spinner works very freely and smoothly even at slow speeds. When making this type of spinner use the large red ruby cut glass beads as bearings on the shaft, and add a barrel swivel to which the line is tied. At the other end, attach a long-shank single hook such as the Carlisle pattern. Anglers usually use this spinner with the hook baited with a minnow, strip of fish, pork rind, or a gob of worms. You can also make this spinner with two blades by using a longer wire shaft and adding a smaller blade up front, as shown in Fig. 72. Figure 71. Single-blade June bug spinner. Figure 72. Double-blade June bug spinner. The propeller type of spinner shown in Fig. 73 is also good to use for trolling at slow speeds. You can buy the propeller blades in the largest sizes from the fishing lure parts suppliers. The two propeller blades used to make this spinner are spaced so that they revolve freely without interfering with each other. You have to solder a metal bead to the wire shaft to keep the first propeller blade away from the rear one. This type of spinner is usually used with a feathered treble hook attached behind it. Figure 73. Propeller type spinner.
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