OR spinner setups

[smilesforu]

Ok I am interested in the setups you use down south for fishing the spinner/bait rigs for back trolling. I am sure there is a bunch of different setups....Please share a couple of yours.
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Marty M
Steelheader.net (http://www.steelheader.net/)

[HOGTIDE]

Hey Marty,

I fish the lower Rogue quite a bit and spinner baits have become the standard that most folks use.They'll use the same setup for trolling fall fish in the bay as they do for springers, anchored up in the river. Most folks on the Rogue prefer anchovies (a miserable little bait to rig properly). Here's how: Anchovy are threaded through the anal hole and out the mouth. A #1 treble comes out the butt end with one hook stuck back into the bait and 2 others protruding from the body.Use a perfection knot to slide a loop over the treble. The forward hook tacks the lower lip up, but does not penetrate out of the top of the nose(hard boney area). The bait is then bent with the back arched as if the anchovie was bowing forward (not a side bend like used for herring). About 5 beads are slid down the leader(usually green). The clevis is a plastic quick change version, not so much for the quick change, but used because the plastic does not wear through the leader. Favorite blades are #4 1/2 Hildebrandt Gold, Chartruese and brass, Solid green & Oregon Duck 50/50. Toughest part to get used to is that the anchovy makes a small tight spin, not like a classic herring roll...but the chinooks will gulp this rig down. It was the only riggin that produced for my wife and I this August.

[smilesforu]

Thanks that is the setup I am interested in. Used it this weekend and was wondering what kind of sinker setup do you use with the anchovie setup. We used a swivel above the spinner. Then above that we used a tube with a wire dropper with a weight attached with a dropper line. Also are those colorado blades or the willow leaf.
Tight Lines

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Marty M
Steelheader.net (http://www.steelheader.net/)

[HOGTIDE]

I use a atandard spreader. Build my own with a bead chain swivel attached to the leader. I run about a 16'' dropper off the bottom of the spreader Y. Also found it helpful to put a single size 10 barrel swivel halfway down the leader, just as an extra guard against line twist with the spinner blade rotating on the leader. The blades I use are colorado style. Backmore and lucky 'R' styles do work.I prefer these beacause they rotate on a wider circle with less chance of bumping or hanging up on the nose of the bait. Any blade that doesn't 'hang' on the bait should work just fine. The Southern Oregon Guides tend to prefer 'CV' blades with the inside hammered finish.

[smilesforu]

I don't mean to play ignorant here, but when you say standard spreader....It differs from what is considered standard here. I couldn't find a sliding spreader in the local shops so I had to make my own. Is your standard spreader a sliding one....Thanks for the great insight in your fishing style.

[HOGTIDE]

By "standard', I'm refering to a piece of apx. 165# stainless wire twisted into the letter'L' tipped on its side, (gosh, I wish I could draw this) The corner has a swivel which is attached to the main line. The long leg has a swivel(bead chain) that attachs to the leader. The short leg has a loop that the mono lead dropper line is attached to. These legs are about 3" long, but vary greatly depending on anglers preference.
However, the riggin' you have been using, a nylon slider holding the lead line, is also very popular and tauted by many as the best way to fish.I just like the other rig because it doesn't cause wear on the main line....and I like building spreaders. I color code them with beads for strength and specific applications. (i.e.) anchor fishing flatfish vs. trolling spinners. Steelhead/Shad weight vs Chinook class rigs.

[smilesforu]

Thanks again hogtide appreciate your insights.