A short how to tie spinners seems appropriate for springer season and late steelhead.
You will need wire, beads, clevis, blade, hook, 1" of tubing, side cutters and round tip plyers (twisting tool if your special)
I usually start with a pretied wire as it keeps all of the pieces from sliding off the end of the wire. Small 4mm bead on the top is a bearing to help the blade spin easier, and 4mm bead on bottom is to hold the tubing straight after the hook is wrapped.
Picture of the pieces in order, I generally increase size of beads from small to large and back to small just for balance.
Small 4mm bead on bottom is now placed inside of the tubing on the bottom, this will keep the hook in line and keep the spinner from going into a death roll. Also keeps the hook in a position to actually hook the fish on the take
Place a 45deg bend in the bottom of the wire in preperation for the hook loop
With your round nose pliers, form a small loop and then pull your hook into the loop
Grasp both hook and wire with small pliers and start spinning the wire around itself to lock in the hook. This is the perfect time to make minor adjustments to align the eye and the wire again to keep the spinner run true
Pull the 1" tubing down over teh hook shank, notice the small bead in the top of the tubing, this will keep the hook set in a "locked" position
Almost done! Note the tip of the blade is just in line with the hook eye, not sure why, but i've been taught that this is the right distance and body length and it seems to work so I am not going to vary it. Now is the time to do the same to the top and shorten the wire to useable size
Twist the top the same as you did to attach the hook to the bottom, leave a small gap between the eye and clevis so the blade spins freely
Finished Spinner and blade and body the correct length
Repeat as needed
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