What are Mepps spinners used for?
Spinners use flash and vibration to attract fish. This flash and vibration comes from their revolving blade. No other fishing lure has this unique feature. For this very reason, Mepps spinners will catch fish when no other lure will.
What color spinners are best for trout?
Under most conditions when using spinners a simple, straight retrieve works best for trout. Silver spinner blades are known to excite rainbows, lake trout, cutthroats and brookies while brown, golden and bull trout often favor gold blades.
What size spinner is best for trout?
A good rule of thumb is to match the size of the spinner to the size of the trout. #00, #0 & #1 Mepps Aglias are perfect for small stream brook trout, rainbow trout or brown trout. Larger trout may prefer a #2 or #3 Aglia. In areas where Brookies are found they are usually the favorite of the trout fisherman.
Do swivels scare fish?
Although snap swivels can save you time, they’re too big and bulky and will most likely scare off the fish either by their unnatural look, or just their presence in the water. Sure, you might catch a few young, naive, aggressive with it, but if you want to maximize your chances of catching fish, it’s not a good idea.
What is a MEPPs Aglia spinner?
The Mepps Aglia is the classic Mepps spinner. When you hear someone say, “I caught it on a Mepps,” chances are they were fishing with a Mepps Aglia. Mepps Aglia spinners come in 6 sizes, from the tiny #00 1/18th oz. Ultra Lite Aglia to the hefty ½ oz. #5 Aglia.
What kind of fish does the MEPPs Aglia catch?
The Mepps Aglia is extremely popular with fishermen world-wide because it will catch just about any freshwater fish and many species of saltwater fish. Lure size is important. The rule of thumb is use smaller lures to catch smaller fish and larger lures to catch larger fish.
What are the sizes of Aglia spinners?
Mepps dressed Aglia spinners come in sizes #00 through #5. A #00 is a Mepps Ultra Lite and it weighs only 1/18 oz. These little trout and panfish lures are dressed with natural hackle. They are also available as wooly worms.
What is the best MEPPs Aglia for brookies?
We recommend #0 and #1 Mepps Aglias. For brookies larger than 10-inches we recommend a #2 or #3 Aglia. Apply Mepps color technology to all of your fishing, making sure to select lure colors that will contrast with the water color and background the lure will be seen against. “Wow, look at it jump.” “Where?” “Over to the left.” “I don’t see it.”