Damn you broke that chit down huh r&b. No assumptions just questions... I'm just some punk ass kid that don't know what the fuk I'm talking about. Looks like a good product though... I'd fish them

Triple stack is the new double stack. Do it.

Honest question, how many spoon fishers actually pay attention to the advertised weight of the spoon when making a selection? Personally, I have a box full, and grab the one that looks about right. Make it fish the way you want by managing line tension and angle to the current. I couldn't tell you want any of the spoons in the box actually weigh. Thin ones are for shallow/fast water, thick ones are for deeper/slower water. Or some combination there of...



All I ever needed to know about spoon fishing Todd told me. It went something like "here, tie this on, chuck it out there, and keep it off the bottom." I asked him to set me up with his preferred array of weights and colors and haven't really thought too much about it since.

I learned steelhead fishing on jigs under a float but I'm a hardware convert. I just wish I had the money to buy all the spoons I need. As far as affordable hardware rod, I use a an affordable Okuma Connoisseur 10' (stiff) noodle rod that has had its tip broken off, so it's a little shorter, and it is lighter than the more heavy duty 10' 8-15 Fish Eagle II. My set-up is versatile enough to throw light spinners or heavy double stacked spoons because I use 10 lb p-line on a rear drag Tica spinning reel.

Well Rob,
I do understand the differences in plating times and how polished vs matt is obtained. I was using the term "polished" because that's a term everyone could recognise without going down what Brewer called "Nerd Avenue" (how did you get that picture of me anyway, Brewer?) I cannot speak for Pentac and how they do their plating, so I won't. I do not think their plating is the best, nor the worst. I did notice in the photos you provided that you have your spoons convex-up and the other concave-up. Certainly, that affects how they photograph. I won't argue your point that plating over nickel gives less flash than brass or copper. I believe that's true.

Regarding affordable spoons, here's a tip I haven't seen mentioned. Go to Dick's when they have one of their big sales. At the fishing counter, they have free tide tables. On the back of the tide table, there's a coupon for $10 off any $50 purchase. They don't have Pentac, RVRFSHR, or R&B, but they do have Little Cleo's, Dick Night's, and everything Blue Fox. You'll often find these 25% off during a sale, plus you get the extra $10 off if you make a $50 purchase. I make a lot of $51 Blue Fox/Little Cleo purchases there. I like the bigger Blue Fox spinners for slow or shallow water and the smaller Little Cleos for low water.

In water like this, finish is semi-moot. Any spoon or spinner that gets down to the fish's level and stays there awhile with good action is gonna get bit.

Just go to Goodwill, buy spoons, cut handles, drill holes, done.

Close to accurate, but no waterfall?

Dude needs to be holding a can of Tecate, too, with carne asada stains on his Grind Magazine t-shirt.

Fish on...

Todd

Great, first the Japanese buy up all our high quality roe and drive prices up, then our own women take our spoons

No 2/0 Sickle Siwash either but nobody's counting ??

Well, they had better be using clip-ons or it could get a little bloody.

Coley,

That is by far one of the most incredible hardware boxes I've seen to date! Good on ya! Mine looks nothing like that...

I have rvrfshrs and r&b spoons. Every now and then r&b have some really nice sales where you can get a nice amount for cheap. Great customer service too.

It was a sad day for me when Mor-Tac quit answering their phone. I just called R&B and they answered theirs though, looking forward to trying them out.

Having done a fair amount of spoon fishing over the years I have seen some differences in spoons, the sharp bends in the Mor-Tacs seemed to work best for me and the way I fish them.

killer spinner components too--still have a few

Thank you for the order!

You will notice some differences in hand but this may get you excited if you liked the Stilly spoons.

Bling! Looking pretty darn good.

I'd love to see R&B advertise here.

Only reason I didn't place the order I wanted this fall was that I didn't end up going North.

Already got a good stash of PenTac's and RVRFSTR's, but I was gonna try out the R&B's this year.

Oh well, there's always next year!

PS. I'm almost embarrassed to post a photo of my spoon box. Almost.



Amen! Damn Herzog's oily hide. The 50/50 is almost as stupid as a stacked spoon. Almost.

Hmmm, the 50/50 jig.....it's GOTTA be the latest and greatest next-best steelhead catching lure!!!! I'm all over that!

R & B, Do you offer any both sides smooth spoons? Primarily interested in 50/50 and Copper 2/5 & 2/3.