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WORDEN's Rooster-tail
Sonic & Vibric Spinners,
and Super Spinner-baits
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INTRODUCTION
I bet that like me you'd have lost money at any odds that one day
some spinners would come along that would be more than a match for all-time
greats such as the Mepps Aglia range, and yet that's exactly what's happened
with the Sonic & Super Rooster-tail spinners & spinnerbaits from the
Worden's Lures division of Yakima Bait Company. This excellent range is also
augmented by the equally effective Vibric in-line blade spinners.
Personally, I think one of the major keys to Wordens success with their lures is that they all have a nicely hackled hook. Now whether the hackles disguise the hook or make the whole spinner seem more natural, I don't know, but one important tip I can give you, is to make the best from the hackles with a stop-start or an erratic, jerky, pulsed retrieve because this will make the hackles flare and furl irresistibly.
What I can also tell you is that, with a couple of exceptions, these Wordens spinners & spinnerbaits are little beauties, very effective for all predatory species.
SONIC
ROOSTER-TAIL SPINNERS
These Sonics really
are top-drawer spinners: they are controllable, perfectly weighted and with
a very fluttery blade that spins even at essentially-slow retrieval speeds,
and I guess too from its name, that the blade also touches the body of the spinner
and sends-out additional vibes.
They're not that heavy, not in the same league as the Vibric, so that makes them ideal for shallow and mid-water spinning.
If ever there was a life-saving spinner, it's Wordens Sonic Rooster-tail! But that I mean that, if the day looks bad, and you think you're going to draw-a-blank, then my tip is to stick on a Sonic Rooster-tail — at least then, if it doesn't deliver, you know that you've given everything your very best shot.
ROOSTER-TAIL
SPINNERS
Now, although these thin-bodied, willow-bladed Rooster-tail spinners
will catch predators, especially trout in my experience, I have trouble getting
very excited about them because they've got so little feel when you're retrieving
them.
They are OK for medium-fast water, at least in the heavier versions, but generally
I would usually go for a 1/16 or 1/8 oz Sonic Rooster-tail in preference or
even a Mepps Aglia Longue instead, dare I say it.
They are OK if you're ultra-light spinning for fairly small species such as trout, dace, bleak or small perch, but I reckon that macho-men who really know what they're doign when it comes to spinning, would normal go for one of the other spinners or spinnerbaits in the Wordens selection.
Once again, to get the best out of the standard Wordens Rooster-tail spinners, you've got to make the hackles flare and furl with a stop-start or an erratic, jerky, pulsed retrieve.
SUPER
ROOSTER-TAIL SPINNERBAITS
If
you need a semi-snagless spinnerbait that can be retrieved really slowly but
with a blade that revolves quickly even at slow retrieve speeds, then Wordens
Super Rooster-tail's the lure for you!
Although it comes with a double-hook, I usually change this for a smaller strong treble hook, even at the risk of reduing its snagless properties a bit.
VIBRIC
SPINNERS
In-line-blade spinners are nothing new: they've been around for yonks, but that
said, I have the sneaking suspicion that Wordens have worked wonders with their
hackled version, and once
again, to get the best out of the Wordens Vibric spinners, you've got to make
the hackles flare and furl with a stop-start or an erratic, jerky, pulsed retrieve.
The body is asymmetric in that it has a keel-effect ensuring that it always runs in the same position. It's also a nice dense spinner that casts easily, gets down to where you need to be but at the same time is very easily controllable with an in-line blade that spins very freely even at very low speeds — what more could you ask of a spinner?
Well, what's more, its keel-weighted body gives it another advantage over its sister Sonic, especially if you're using super-braid main lines (isn't everyone?!), and that is a big reduction in line-twist.
Indeed, Wordens Vibric is more than a match for their classic Sonic Rooster-tail when it comes to avoiding those blank days, so it makes sense not to leave home without some of both types in your lure-box.
THE WORDENS
ADVANTAGE:
TOP TIPS & TECHNIQUES
I can't emphasise enough that to get the best out
of these hackled Wordens Rooster-tail spinners & super spinnerbaits, and
their hackled, keel-weighted Vibric spinners, you've got to make their hackles
flare and furl with a stop-start or an erratic, jerky, pulsed retrieve, for
example, by using your rod tip during your retrieve — and what's more,
if there's any kind of current, or any swirl or flow in your fishing venues,
then Wordens lures are best worked back-and-forth across the current, rather
than directly up- and down-stream.
FINDING YOUR
ROOSTERS & VIBRICS
And if you have any questions or have trouble finding
a suitable source of these super Wordens spinners and spinner baits, just e-mail
us and we'll point you in the right direction. Yakima/Wordens have a website
of course: it's at www . yakimabait .
com where you can see for yourself the hundreds of patterns
and colours available for each of these four super Wordens lure ranges.
Nick Caine
Editor
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