Minnows do not have it made-in-the-shade. Their scale-covered skin does just what Mother Nature intended it to do – shimmer and glimmer with every twitch they make. To put it simply: There’s no better target for predator fish to zone in on…period. Earth-shattering news? Not even close. It was many moons ago anglers took note of how dimples stamped into a spoon would reflect light just like the scales on baitfish. Beams of light blasting here, rays reflecting there, all coming from a single source.
And it’s that very vintage appearance of the hammered spoon in your grandpa’s tackle box that inspired Custom Jigs & Spins to fashion the Hammered Slender Spoon – the original shoehorn-shaped bait with a flutter like no other, whether jigged, cast or trolled.
Now, let us introduce you to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Guru of Ice Fishing and Custom Jigs & Spins Prostaffer Loren Keizer. He’s so confident in the fish-catchability of the Hammered Slender Spoon that he goes all out in this video and lets you in on the best metallic glints for different water clarities and to match local forage. Keizer also demonstrates the jigging action that turns an inanimate spoon into perceived fish food.
“Custom Jigs & Spins has brought an old idea back to life with the Hammered Slender Spoon,” said Keizer. “And there’s a reason they did… hammered metal still catches fish – pure and simple.”
The Hammered Slender Spoon is available in four sizes: 2-1/4-incher weighing in at 1/4-ounce, two unique 1-1/2-inchers in 1/8- and a 5/8-ounce weight for power jigging, and a 1-incher that tips the scale at a mere 1/16 ounce. Metallic gold-, silver- and copper-plated hues shine brightly to cover every grade of water clarity and baitfish simulating situation.
And like the others in the Slender Spoon series, an appropriately size-matched super-sharp treble hook—which can be easily removed and replaced with a Pro Finesse Drop Chain when extra dropper bling is the needed thing—comes standard, as well as a high-quality snap to amplify overall action.
Just like the real thing, the Custom Jigs & Spins Hammered Slender Spoon shimmers and glimmers with every twitch they make.
ABOUT CUSTOM JIGS & SPINS, Inc.
Custom Jigs & Spins started almost 30 years ago producing high quality ice fishing lures. We continue today by improving our existing lures and developing new ones with input from our Pro-Staff and suggestions from serious ice anglers. We’re extremely proud that some of our newest lures, as well as many of our tried and true favorites like the Ratso, Shrimpo, Nuclear Ant and Rat Finkee, have crossed over into the open water market.
We at Custom Jigs & Spins, Inc. use only the highest quality raw materials including Owner and Mustad hooks. Most all of our lures are hand painted with a super hard finish and paint free eyes.”
Our other quality brands include B FISH N Tackle, Flu Flu®, The Worm® and Vertigo Tackle®.