That is pretty amazing there!! Nice work on that, what do for getting the designs? I never thought about this process before, although I would prob not have patience for that lol.
It's very easy, and very cheap, especially if you buy bulk components and look around at craft shops for deals on beads. It costs me about 25 cents per rig.
Here is some supplies. I normally use Berkley XT or Berkley big game, but I was tying some rigs for my kids so I was using up some Southbend 12lb mono.
You can choose whatever style hooks you prefer. I use about 5 different kinds in all, but prefer #2 Gammies
Choose your line you want to use, and cut a 2-3ft length to give you plenty to work with. It can be cut to size at the end of the process. I make rigs from 14" to 24".
Have your supplies laid out and ready to go. 5mm beads, colorado baitfish image blade, quick change clevis, 2 barrel swivels and an egg sinker. This particular rig had an egg sinker because I'm making it so it's castable from shore.
To snell the hook, hold it upright as pictured. Run the line through the hook and give it about an inch and a half past the eye of the hook. Hold that tight between your thumb and forefinger.
Keeping the line tight, wrap the line 5-7 times around the shank of the hook. Keep the line tight, and keep your loops around the hook nice and tight and inline. Then pull the end of the line back through the eye of the hook the opposite way it went in.
Wet the knot and sinch it tight. Then dab a small amount of crazy glue on the knot and again pull the knot tight while it dries. It's not really an issue, but this prevents the knot from pushing the snell loose.
Then, add 4-6 beads of your color choice and size. Make sure to add enough beads so the the blade will not touch the hook while spinning. Put your blade on the quick change clevis, and slide it on the line. Then add another one or two beads to the top.
Now, I take an extra piece of line, about 12" inches or so. Tie to a barrell swive on one end. Add on bead, then the egg sinker of your choice, then another bead. Tie to another barrel swivel.
Then tie the egg sinker line, to the spinner rig. Viola, you have a castable spinner rig to use from shore for walleye!
When making spinner rigs for trolling, just omit the part with the egg sinker part of the rig.
