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| I'm new to walleye fishing. Is there any sites that have premium quality crawler harnesses?
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Hi Vance and welcome to WalleyeFIRST.
There are some websites which sell spinner/crawler harnesses, but I recommend making your own using quick change clevises, your choice of beads, your choice of blades, your choice of line and your choice of hooks.
If you're bound and determined to buy ready made harnesses, try Cabelas at www.cableas.com.
I tie my own spinners and make them with the colors I prefer and use the type of blades I like. I do not have a link to a website for snelling hooks, but do a search on netscape and you should be able to find some. Good luck.
Edited by jerry 5/18/2004 2:16 AM
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Location: Upper Sandusky Ohio | Vance, congrats on joining the Walleye fraternity! Janns Netcraft in Maumee Ohio sells made rigs which they call Pro Eye Snells. They are a 2 hook rig which is tied on 14# clear mono, and are 70" long. I buy them and make a few modifications to them that I will share with you. To begin with they come with round flourecent red beads, and interchangeable clevices. I remove the round beads and put faceted beads on instead due to the facets reflecting more light. I then cut the little on the end and install Sampo ball bearing barrel swivels to the end to help eliminate as much twist as I can. They sell for 15.59 for 25 count. Janns also has a nice selection of blades for the rigs as well. Their web address is www.jannsnetcraft.com . I hope this helps you
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Vance.
Like Jerry, I very much enjoy and it's most rewarding when they work, when making your own harnesses. But being your new to virtually the whole walleye game, I'm guessing your harnesses tying skills will be lacking. I've bought very few harnesses in my day, but when I do, I buy mine from a place that builds quality harnesses as well as other trolling components. Try this site... http://www.guidesplus.com Click on fishing products and take it from there.
Edited by walleye express 5/18/2004 8:12 AM
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Location: Kaukauna WI | Welcome to this site and walleye fishing. Were do you live if live If close to Kaukauna WI I will show you the basics of tying your own harness. Just give me a call if you are not close I will suggust you look for supplies of beads @ Ben Franklin or a craft store.
Michael Dutton
920 766 7372
[email protected]
Edited by irishwebs 5/18/2004 10:38 AM
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| Thank you for the great information. I noticed that some of the harnesses in Cabela's have floating bodies instead of beads. Does the floating bodies have advantages over beads? Do the glow colors work better??
Thank you in advance
Vance |
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Where are you fishing? |
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Location: Upper Sandusky Ohio | In low light conditions glow beads, and blades work well. |
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| hi,what do you think about dixie spinners? |
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| Thank you for your help. I'm not currently fishing Walleye, I make premium tackle in the west for Trout, Kokanee. We have just spent months designing and tooling a very unique spinner blade. We are currently testing the blade on harnesses for those species with tremendous results.
Thanks to your help on this board, I have discovered that Walleye spinners are not much different than what we use out here. There are no Walleye out here, but the more I read about them the more I feel "left out". Sounds like a cool fish!!
Vance |
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Location: Rhinelander | Let's see the blades, as soon as you are ready. Just post a picture to this thread! |
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