
I pull ' em slow, usually around 1.3 mph. It' s the only spinner blade I now use, and highly recommend them they are worth the extra money. Sizes: 3, 4 and 5 are great for making custom walleye rigs. I regularly fish Lake Erie for walleyes, and after years of experimenting with various spinner blades I have settled on Baitfish-Image Colorado blades, gold perch color in size 6. Foilized Iridescent Five of Diamond Colorado Spinner Blades Description: The value of. With plain gold ones I bought elsewhere you can feel and see the blade rotation. When trolling I don' t even see any vibration on the rod with these. They look beautiful but unfortunately do not have the same spinning as the regular Colorado blades I have purchased before for making my own inline spinners. Excellent quality, wide range of blade sizes and amazing color options. My go to blade for making spinner rigs for walleye. I use various colors and and colored hooks. My Kids and fishing buddies use these religiously and have been very successful many stringers. I have been tying my own walleye rigs both single and double hooks. 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.Posted by Terry Mikulich on Apr 22nd 2023 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”). PAINTED COLORADO BLADES These blades are painted on both sides. I personally like to fish blades under a float in moving water or tide (usually a river). Hagens smooth nickel colorado blades size 5 25pk 3.95. Includes green color pressboard folders in a box of 25. Embossed fasteners help keep your items secure.

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. Ideal for letter-size (8 1/2' x 11') papers with a 1' expansion for room to grow. 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. These are great all around blades as they rotate over an ideal speed range, offer great vibration and sufficient light and color flash.
