Sling blade New Design

[Nomad]

Gary Miralles has changed the way he maked his dodgers. For you guys who like to tweak them a little you will love it. The old style were make of brass and chrome plated. The new design are made with stainless steel. They re very flexible and can even be straightened back out and re-bent without breaking. Just don't try it Witt he painted models.

 

[Mharri333]

Some people call it a Kaiser blade. I like to call it a sling blade. mmmhhhmm.

 

[Nomad]

Never heard it called that. Gary Miralles is the owner of Shasta Tkle and he named it a "Sling Blade" so the specific dodger i was refering to is a Sling Blade.

 

[rainORsnow1]

That's awesome! As someone who works with stainless I can tell u they will last forever! But a bit of warning, do not store them with any steel items. This will contaminate them and they will rust.

Nomad, any idea what alloy they are and will this effect the cost?

And a little high jack:
I read on another site that Simons will be releasing they're wobblers in a modified design as a dodger,(which is funny I've been using them for that for years as well as the brads, the sling blades are better IMHO).

Thanks for the heads up nomad!

 

[dragonfly]

while we are on the subject of sling blades and dodgers lets help clarify the difference as far as I know a dodger aka skateboard looks like this

and a sling blade looks like a exaggerated tear drop like this

both do some what the same thing but have different actions. for me the ''dodger'' has a stronger action and works better with heaver lures and faster speeds. the ''sling blade'' has more of a side to side sweeping action and has to be bent for a more aggressive action and on my chamberlains I have to tighten up a little after running a sling blade and switching to a dodger then there are all the variants in between and don't really how to classify them. I am experimenting with the Alvin's this year to see how a small but aggressive blade dose ( always trying something new )

 

[fishslayer13]

Yep Dragonfly, and I hear lot of people talk, that call them a flasher. But a flasher spins in a wide circle (loops) in the water. They are used more for fishing salmon in the ocean. But I have caught kokes on a small version 4 inches long. What are the Alvins never heard of one ?

 

[SuperD]

Petty and I have used this SS spoon as a dodger for a few years now. Although it is pretty thick and not sheet metal like most dodgers. It has an exaggerated cup with lots of action and is 6" long. I've had ver good luck with it at the Gorge. This is a blank and ready for me to tape or paint.

 

[dragonfly]

Dave that looks almost like a fwg blanks. fishslayer the Alvin's are originally a lure for large fish much like a spoon and come with a #4/0 hook here are 3 I have changed over to "the unclassified category" the two painted are copper and the silver one is upside down and a watermelon design just to show the difference and design. dfly

 

[fishslayer13]

interesting I looked at them online and they are fairly small. Be cool to see how they work for you.

 

[SuperD]

The lake that that I usually fish early season requires using a little smaller stuff from dodger to lure. Tsunami style dodgers or something like that alvin works well the first couple of months when the fish are from the surface to say 15 - 20'.

 

[dragonfly]

a reg 4/0 dodger is 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 these are 3 3/4 it will be interesting to see the action and what speed they will work at. but like you said I will let you how they pan out. dfly

 

[Nomad]

http://www.hawkenfishing.com/product-p/sw-25.htm. if you guys loke alvins. You will like Simon wobblers. Less drag great action.

 

[SuperD]

All the imagination I've seen for dodger alternatives have all been inside the salmon spoon turned dodger type of thing. To get crazy, I'd like to see someone use stick baits or plugs for a dodger. A Lyman would add pretty wicked action to a koke lure.

 

[KokeRook]

Like many,
At the speeds I was having to troll to get bites last year I had to bend sling blades for good action. Never did get it quite right.....hence the rookie part .

Nomad,
I also played a bit with Simon woblers last year after talking with Herzog about his set up he was using on Chelan.
Had some success with them...

The main thing it did was get me thinking outside the box on set ups.

Dfly.
Those look very interesting...please keep us posted.

 

[rainORsnow1]

Whoops, double post

 

[rainORsnow1]

Dragonfly; Those Alvin's are very similar to the brads wobblers. Which I've been using since I first started koke fishing. They come with with the siwash hook as well. I'll switch back and forth between kokes and fall chinook, by removing the hook, through out the year.
Although the paint is starting to ware away from teeth marks.

You say the Alvin's are used for large fish. I've never seen anybody using them for anything but fall/spring chinook with the occasional coho caught.
What are you referring to when you say "large fish"?

 

[dragonfly]

rain, I was joking. I was referring size compared to our pocket salmon. dfly

 

[rainORsnow1]

Ha! I get it now....

 

[trollmonkey]

Some people call it a Kaiser blade. I like to call it a sling blade. mmmhhhmm.

Cool ,do you tip yours with pertaters. I've got to watch that movie, know lots of the lines thanks to Johnboy and Billy.

 

[sawtooth]

Not only can you fish these blades in cold water, but you can fish them deep too. Sorry for another bad "Sling Blade" reference.