Spider/Beetle Slow Sinkers

[plateboater]

Have wrapped the belly in lead which equal to 1/48. Killer for gills in the summer shallows. I have another style black top green body used in the summer during the peak ash bug season in Central Illinois. I noticed while cleaning gills in 2009 there belly's were full! Since that time have tried different colors. 2012 was another season of major ash beetle population. So good a bite that guys take the purple boxes put out by IL DNR and shake all the beetles into a cricket trap. Good Times!
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[smalljaw]

Great job!!! Nice thinking and excellent use of materials!!!!

 

[plateboater]

Thanks....foam is at Michael's craft store and BassPro provided the skirts!!

 

[StumpHunter]

Nice tyes. Love some foam bugs Why are you adding the weight?

 

[Jig Man]

Cool idea..

 

[plateboater]

Adding weight for distance of cast.....No other reason

 

[StumpHunter]

Those will work out very well, good idea.

 

[Fatman]

Nice ties - are you using these on a fly rod or spinning rod???

 

[Radtexan]

Nice little buggies !!

 

[plateboater]

I use ultralight rods/spinning combo for these little guys. I had last year a 5'6" Falcon with 2lb test. This year went to th 8' ultralight St. Croix panfish rod. I need to get more line picked up at the hookset time! Keeping the Falcon as the fulltime dock shooter. I am using also Power Braid super slick 10lb hivis yellow with a 4' section of fluorocarbon on a couple lakes with lilly pads. The new super slick is sweet line.

 

[Fatman]

Like Stump I wondered why you added the weight. On a fly rod you wouldn't need it to cast them out. Seeing that your using the spinning rod it makes more sense now. Thanks

 

[Bkabina]

Those look very good.

 

[Baxter1]

Nice lookin bugs.I've never tried weighted spiders,saw some in a catalog years ago.

 

[CrappieHappy]

nice work.

 

[LedHed]

Excellent tyes. The panfish rods are great (got the 6'9'' and 7').

 

[plateboater]

Thanks for all the posts.