I've found a new resurgence in spoons , they deseve some extra care & some modification ;)
K.O. wobbler-2 daredevils-2 little cleos, that arent little & a doctor.

Those will be a killer for the big Pike. I like the added buck tails you did.

I've always loved the Little Cleo and have done really well on them. Fish them in a stained lake and they can be lights out.

I'm diggin on the bucktail.

Love it. Black and white are tops for pike. You can't really get better contrast and stay natural, if you think about it. Most fish have both black and white on them. Now I want to go northern fishing. Or lakers.

Growing up as a kid in the 60's and 70's I had plenty of daredevils and little cleos in my box. A daredevil and a #3 Mepps bucktail were probably the first lures I ever fished with. You managed to combine them into a super lure. Go OldSchool!

quote shock: "I've found a new resurgence in spoons , they deseve some extra care & some modification ;)
K.O. wobbler-2 daredevils-2 little cleos, that arent little & a doctor."

Thats a nice arsenal !

Nice!

Sweet!

As an official "Old Fart" at 66 I grew up fishing most of those. They are all "contenders" in my book. Never saw the "Doctor" before so was looking it over pretty closely. The split ring looks a bit rusty - might want to replace it before you wet a line. Hate to have you lose a trophy pike by accident.

Old Hoosier

bumping my thread , just pick these out for my friend for our may opener trip, he flipped me the money and said i trust you ;) , the blue and white dress cleo is very shiney silver , looks black in the picture, (a seller on ebay made these custom for me)

weird but i would like it even more if it was black. My research (done with a federal grant) has indicated that black is the top color for trophy northern. Who would of thunk it?

Further research has concluded that the Williams Whitefish spoon in the largest size, half gold/half silver with the treble hook replaced with a single large salmon hook and a white curly tail slapped on is large pike candy.

shock (and other spoon flippers), do you ever tie directly to the spoon, as I see some of yours do not have split rings? Or are they always connected with either a split ring, snap, or leader?

Also, I know you take great care of your spoons, but if a spoon does get some corrosion on it, what do you deem best for removal?

A Canadian bush pilot turned me on to these Len Thompson spoons:

awesome spoons

quote Bumstead: "shock (and other spoon flippers), do you ever tie directly to the spoon, as I see some of yours do not have split rings? Or are they always connected with either a split ring, snap, or leader?


Also, I know you take great care of your spoons, but if a spoon does get some corrosion on it, what do you deem best for removal?"

the larger spoons i usually use a leader , but been meaning to get some more larger split rings for the top, it seems to give them a free wiggle type movement. if spoons were very bad on corrosion i might clean them down and repaint ? the very large little cleo(red/gold) i took fingernail polish and touched up the red.

You can polish those spoons with a mixture of vinegar, salt and flour and from what I hear ketchup works as well

I really like the buck tail look. I decided to try tying buck tail on a Cleo tonight. I definitely will make more!

quote Wables: "I really like the buck tail look. I decided to try tying buck tail on a Cleo tonight. I definitely will make more!


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Sweet.......Like the red thread.

I don't get on this message board very often but am always lurking around . Anyways couldn't resist this topic . First of all those spoons look great guys , that last cleo above would be a killer in these parts for lake trout . Another thing I would like to add is that I always change up the hook on my spoons with the trailers you can buy for topwaters . I use them for lake trout and they love them . I use a red tinsel hook on my gold EGB's and a white/silver/red tinsel on my silver spoons . For all the spoon pullers on here , give this a shot . It's worth it , especially for lake trout !

quote Wables: "I really like the buck tail look. I decided to try tying buck tail on a Cleo tonight. I definitely will make more!


"

looks like $ , nice job !

Anyone ever have any luck on Viper spoons? Have had a handful for years and I'm gonna pack them along this year to finally try.

I use The Doctor in silver exclusively for Lakers in June. I do pack a set of Lil Cleos also.

Hey shock nice color choice ;)

I tied this up last year after being inspired by this thread.

quote murphylakejim: "Hey shock nice color choice ;)

I tied this up last year after being inspired by this thread.


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gotta love those little cleos , the hot pink daredevil i made added a little epoxy mix around the wrap.

quote shock: "I've found a new resurgence in spoons , they deseve some extra care & some modification ;)
K.O. wobbler-2 daredevils-2 little cleos, that arent little & a doctor."

Which one seems to be the most productive for you?

QM the blk/wht daredevil and the gold/org cleo (which weighs 40g.) are my top 2 producers, (the hot pink has its time also) the red/gold cleo is just shy of 2oz. , so i do need my 1-3oz rated rod to cast that one ;) those 2 daredevils came out of grandpas old tackle box and some how made it into mine ;) go figure ! click the close up , proof is in the bite marks ;)

quote 4x4bassin: "I don't get on this message board very often but am always lurking around . Anyways couldn't resist this topic . First of all those spoons look great guys , that last cleo above would be a killer in these parts for lake trout . Another thing I would like to add is that I always change up the hook on my spoons with the trailers you can buy for topwaters . I use them for lake trout and they love them . I use a red tinsel hook on my gold EGB's and a white/silver/red tinsel on my silver spoons . For all the spoon pullers on here , give this a shot . It's worth it , especially for lake trout ! "

you got a picture so I can see what to do?

quote shock: "bumping my thread , just pick these out for my friend for our may opener trip, he flipped me the money and said i trust you ;) , the blue and white dress cleo is very shiney silver , looks black in the picture, (a seller on ebay made these custom for me) "

Who is the ebay seller who did this? Did you use your own spoons or did he provide the spoons as well. I am interested in having this done to some of my spoons.

Thanks

quote Birdknowsbest: "

quote shock: "bumping my thread , just pick these out for my friend for our may opener trip, he flipped me the money and said i trust you ;) , the blue and white dress cleo is very shiney silver , looks black in the picture, (a seller on ebay made these custom for me) "

Who is the ebay seller who did this? Did you use your own spoons or did he provide the spoons as well. I am interested in having this done to some of my spoons.


Thanks"

i/we had the spoons just ordered the dressed trebles, there are many sellers on ebay , just type in dressed treble hooks in the search bar and many will pop up. the person i got the last pics from you can call direct or go to www.villagetackle.com (i got those 3 made and shipped to me for $10.00)