

Our heaviest-weight Magnum Blades are ideal for the largest of game fish including Musky and Pike. Our lightweight Badger Blades are manufactured with a thinner gauge material than standard blades. When fishing a blade in slower water I’ll add a little more tension and maybe include a slow retrieval to ensure the blade is spinning or getting some action. The Worth Company manufactures all popular Spinner Blade styles, sizes, and varieties, including smooth, hammered, and hex pattern. To clarify, if I’m fishing faster water, I won’t impart any action to the float and allow the current to spin the blade. Anyway, this tactic on a river is a common setup for Salmon, Steelhead or Trout as the moving water imparts most of the action on the blade. In fact, this short floating approach with a blade was the setup I had when I caught my first ever Steelhead! I’ll never forget it. The blade should not be hitting the bottom but always drifting above (called “short floating”). Leaders & Lures is your 1 source for blades, Our bait building knowledge and experience allow us to use the best quality blades. I personally like to fish blades under a float in moving water or tide (usually a river). These blades can also act like an intruder in a fishes holding spot and I’ve seen them bite out of (what I believe was) strictly aggression. A fan blade out failure within the right (2) engine resulted in parts of the engine cowling disintegrating and falling to the ground in Broomfield, Colorado. So this lure is likely to be more effective when there are more fry/smolts present in the water system.

These Colorado blades have a flutter action to them and mimic a fry or smolt (minnow). Colorado Blades (“blades”) can be fished in a number of ways: drifted under a float, trolled, cast and retrieved, and likely many other ways that I’ve yet to try.
