On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:19:31 -0800, -rick- wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

That place is dangerous. I stopped into one of their stores because I'd
heard that they carry ALL the sizes of Mepps spinners I can't find anywhere
else except online. I figured I'd grab four or five.

$182 later......

Here's a book you might enjoy.

http://www.amazon.com/Spinner-Fishin.../dp/0936608404

I started making my own after reading this about 20 years
ago. It really helped my steelhead fishing and $180 of
materials would make several hundred nice spinners.

I have that book - it's pretty good.

You buy your material from Jann's?

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I have that book - it's pretty good.

You buy your material from Jann's?

No, I think the last order was from

http://www.fishermanshack.net/

before that

http://pen-tac.com/

and some now defunct small scale storefronts.

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:06:04 -0800, -rick- wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I have that book - it's pretty good.

You buy your material from Jann's?

No, I think the last order was from

http://www.fishermanshack.net/

before that

http://pen-tac.com/

and some now defunct small scale storefronts.

Decent pricing at those places.

Thanks.

I buy a lot from Jann's and a place out of New York called Terminal
Tackle.

http://www.terminaltackleco.com/

I used to buy my rod blanks from a place called Mudhole

http://shop.mudhole.com/

but their in-house stock quality went way down hill, so when I build a
speciality rod, I order from a couple of manufacturers I have an "in"
with - strictly on the QT. :)