Wet Look Spinnerbait Blades

These "wet look" spinnerbait blades have a clear coat finish on both sides. Additionally, the front side of each blade has hologram sparkle dispersed in the clear coat. The clear coat gives the blades a kind of subdued flash, and the hologram glitter adds a subtle flicker.

The Style N spinnerbait head above and below is also heavily coated with fine hologram glitter, same as the blades.

The gel-like coating on both sides of the blades gives an overall "wet look" that softens the underlying nickel-plated flash. I like the toned down flash especially in super-clear water.

These spinnerbaits have nickel-plated blades with a hazy "wet look" gel coat on both sides of the blade. The durable, clear, hard gel coat gives a slick wet look to the nickel-plated finish. The flash is not as harsh nor as bright as a plain nickel finish. The gel coat tones down the harshness of the flash. It's a more subtle, kind of muted flash, ideal for clear water.

A Lesson in Flash. The two spinnerbaits above both sport a little larger than normal front Colorado blade. Sage fishing writers and wily pundits often endlessly recite to us the "fact" that Willow blades flash the most and Colorado blades flash the least. Have you heard that? I'm sure you have.

Yet I'm not so sure it's true. The larger than normal front Colorado in this configuration flashes like the dickens. That makes me think that flash is a function of a blade's surface area (not its shape). More blade surface equals more flash. Honestly, when you study the configuration shown here in the water, it seems to me the front Colorado flashes more than the back Willow - or it creates a brighter, more blinding flash spot than the Willow in this configuration.

The front Colorado, being a bit bigger than usual, also starves the back Willow for water to spin in. So the back Willow spins more feebly than usual. That looks good.

But the thing I like most is both these blades work in tandem to throw tons of flash down directly onto the skirt, and the skirt lights up like a Broadway marquee on opening night. So make sure both blades are always positioned directly above the skirt, which tends to make the skirt glow and shine so brightly it practically appears like an incandescent light bulb under water.

The front side of the blades has a crystal hologram glitter effect. The embedded grains of crystal hologram refract (separate) sunlight (or any ambient light) into the full spectrum of many individual colors. The colors being refracted constantly change as the blades move through the water. The holographic colors reflect the present water and light conditions and also provide the illusion of excited baitfish that are "flushing" and emitting color signals. The most common colors refracted by the crystals are pale purple, blue, green and chartreuse. This is a subtle effect, not bold nor flashy. When the blades are spinning quickly, the holographic crystals are less visible than when the blades stop or stall momentarily (a high percentage strike trigger).