Stan Fagerstrom
03-05-2002, 09:49 AM
Stan’s Spin Lure Helps Tacoma Angler
Nail Down Angler Of The Year Crown
By Stan Fagerstrom
A couple of years ago the folks who run a Washington State based tackle operation hung my name on one of their products. That company was Mack’s Lure and the product they put my name on was their Stan Spin’s spinnerbait.
People often credit me with having invented the Stan’s Spin. I didn’t. The guy who did is a friend named Ron Stirtz, of Eugene. I was involved in the final testing of the lure, but Ron is the man who designed it. You can believe, though, that I get a special boot out of hearing from someone who has done well with the lure that bears my name. I mention it because that’s exactly what an expert Tacoma angler did last year.
The Tacoma bassin’ man not only caught fish on the Stan’s Spin; he did it in tournament competition on the Columbia River. He’s one of an increasing number of anglers around the country who knows the lure is a winner. Does Sweeney have the qualifications to make noises like an expert? Believe it, friend! Among other things, he walked away with the 2001 Angler of the Year honors for the 100 Percent Bass tournament circuit.
http://www.ifish.net/sfsp.jpg
It was a chartreuse Stan's Spin like the one shown here that helped a Tacoma bassin' man win his "Angler of the Year" award.
Sweeney participated in all five of the tournaments staged by the California based 100 Per Cent Bass organization. His final win, the one he needed to nail down the Angler of the Year crown, came in late August. He topped all contestants in a tournament staged on the Columbia River in the Tri Cities area.
What’s all of the above got to do with spinnerbaits? Plenty! Because Sweeney, you see, doesn’t subscribe to that old business about a spinnerbait always having to have a lot of vibration to be effective.
“I won the Columbia contest throwing a Mack’s Lure Stan’s Spin spinnerbait,” Sweeney says. “If you’ve used one of these lures, you know its Mylar plastic blade is so light you don’t feel much vibration. That sure didn’t bother those Columbia River smallmouth. I caught about 14 of them on it and had sufficient poundage at day’s end to win the tournament.”
The water was clear in the area of the Columbia Sweeney fished. “I could see what the fish were doing,” he says. “When I got the Stan’s Spin down where they were, they didn’t hesitate at all. They just smacked it.”
The Mack’s Lure Stan’s Spin has been available to anglers now for about three years. Many fishermen, and Sweeney is one of them, are just now having their first experience with the lure.
“I had never thrown a Stan’s Spin until the Columbia River tournament,” Sweeney says. “I visited the Mack’s Lure plant in Leavenworth, Washington last year and they gave me some of the lures to try. The Columbia River contest might have been the first time I threw it, but it sure won’t be the last.”
Examine a Stan’s Spin and you’ll find its blade is of the same light plastic used so successfully in Mack’s Lure products designed for trout and walleye anglers. The lightness of the lure’s blade let the spinnerbait “helicopter” the instant it starts to drop. Sweeney credits the lure’s unique blade action for much of his Columbia River success.
“I fished along the weed line breaks of the Columbia,” Sweeney says. “The water ranged from 15 to 25 feet in depth. Water was being released from the dams upriver so there was some current. I just let the Stan’s Spin flutter down along the weed line. I didn’t even have to reel once it got down where I wanted it. Because the blade of the lure is so light, the current kept it turning without me doing anything but lifting it slightly, then letting it back down. The fish came out of the holes in the weed line to grab it.”
The specific Stan’s Spin Sweeney used to win the 100 Percent Bass Tri-Cities tournament was a 3/8th-ounce model with a chartreuse skirt. He did not use a trailer.
There are times, of course, when vibration is an asset where spinnerbaits are concerned. That’s especially true where water is murky resulting in limited visibility. But more of the country’s anglers are a cinch to find out what Bob Sweeney already knows is true. It’s that there are also times, especially in clear water, where a lack of vibration and an easy turning blade are equally important.
“I really like the ease with which the Stan’s Spin fishes,” Sweeney says. “You do have to get used to its not throbbing. I think it’s going to be very useful to me for my future tournament fishing.”
http://www.ifish.net/sfsp1.jpg
The Stan's Spin spinnerbait is available in a variety of skirt colors. Stan used a white skirted lure to bamboozle this nice largemouth.
Does your bass or pike fishing take you into lakes and rivers where the water is clear? If your answer is yes---better lay in a supply of Mack’s Lure Stan’s Spins. You may not wind up with an Angler of the Year title, but odds are these unique lures will increase your chances of catching your share of fish.
Nail Down Angler Of The Year Crown
By Stan Fagerstrom
A couple of years ago the folks who run a Washington State based tackle operation hung my name on one of their products. That company was Mack’s Lure and the product they put my name on was their Stan Spin’s spinnerbait.
People often credit me with having invented the Stan’s Spin. I didn’t. The guy who did is a friend named Ron Stirtz, of Eugene. I was involved in the final testing of the lure, but Ron is the man who designed it. You can believe, though, that I get a special boot out of hearing from someone who has done well with the lure that bears my name. I mention it because that’s exactly what an expert Tacoma angler did last year.
The Tacoma bassin’ man not only caught fish on the Stan’s Spin; he did it in tournament competition on the Columbia River. He’s one of an increasing number of anglers around the country who knows the lure is a winner. Does Sweeney have the qualifications to make noises like an expert? Believe it, friend! Among other things, he walked away with the 2001 Angler of the Year honors for the 100 Percent Bass tournament circuit.
http://www.ifish.net/sfsp.jpg
It was a chartreuse Stan's Spin like the one shown here that helped a Tacoma bassin' man win his "Angler of the Year" award.
Sweeney participated in all five of the tournaments staged by the California based 100 Per Cent Bass organization. His final win, the one he needed to nail down the Angler of the Year crown, came in late August. He topped all contestants in a tournament staged on the Columbia River in the Tri Cities area.
What’s all of the above got to do with spinnerbaits? Plenty! Because Sweeney, you see, doesn’t subscribe to that old business about a spinnerbait always having to have a lot of vibration to be effective.
“I won the Columbia contest throwing a Mack’s Lure Stan’s Spin spinnerbait,” Sweeney says. “If you’ve used one of these lures, you know its Mylar plastic blade is so light you don’t feel much vibration. That sure didn’t bother those Columbia River smallmouth. I caught about 14 of them on it and had sufficient poundage at day’s end to win the tournament.”
The water was clear in the area of the Columbia Sweeney fished. “I could see what the fish were doing,” he says. “When I got the Stan’s Spin down where they were, they didn’t hesitate at all. They just smacked it.”
The Mack’s Lure Stan’s Spin has been available to anglers now for about three years. Many fishermen, and Sweeney is one of them, are just now having their first experience with the lure.
“I had never thrown a Stan’s Spin until the Columbia River tournament,” Sweeney says. “I visited the Mack’s Lure plant in Leavenworth, Washington last year and they gave me some of the lures to try. The Columbia River contest might have been the first time I threw it, but it sure won’t be the last.”
Examine a Stan’s Spin and you’ll find its blade is of the same light plastic used so successfully in Mack’s Lure products designed for trout and walleye anglers. The lightness of the lure’s blade let the spinnerbait “helicopter” the instant it starts to drop. Sweeney credits the lure’s unique blade action for much of his Columbia River success.
“I fished along the weed line breaks of the Columbia,” Sweeney says. “The water ranged from 15 to 25 feet in depth. Water was being released from the dams upriver so there was some current. I just let the Stan’s Spin flutter down along the weed line. I didn’t even have to reel once it got down where I wanted it. Because the blade of the lure is so light, the current kept it turning without me doing anything but lifting it slightly, then letting it back down. The fish came out of the holes in the weed line to grab it.”
The specific Stan’s Spin Sweeney used to win the 100 Percent Bass Tri-Cities tournament was a 3/8th-ounce model with a chartreuse skirt. He did not use a trailer.
There are times, of course, when vibration is an asset where spinnerbaits are concerned. That’s especially true where water is murky resulting in limited visibility. But more of the country’s anglers are a cinch to find out what Bob Sweeney already knows is true. It’s that there are also times, especially in clear water, where a lack of vibration and an easy turning blade are equally important.
“I really like the ease with which the Stan’s Spin fishes,” Sweeney says. “You do have to get used to its not throbbing. I think it’s going to be very useful to me for my future tournament fishing.”
http://www.ifish.net/sfsp1.jpg
The Stan's Spin spinnerbait is available in a variety of skirt colors. Stan used a white skirted lure to bamboozle this nice largemouth.
Does your bass or pike fishing take you into lakes and rivers where the water is clear? If your answer is yes---better lay in a supply of Mack’s Lure Stan’s Spins. You may not wind up with an Angler of the Year title, but odds are these unique lures will increase your chances of catching your share of fish.