Anybody here ever had luck with black spoons or spinners? Salt or fresh. If so, how and when do you fish them?

Never tried them in the chuck, but they are deadly in the rivers. Clear water conditions

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Marty
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Small black spinners in #1 or #2 sizes are hard to beat in low clear summer conditons. Fish them right at the head of the riffles, the water does not have to be deep. Twelve to eighteen inches is plenty....good luck!

Fished with black #3 Vibrax for years with good results, especially on clear sunny days. Those days are around the corner!!!

Try a black spinner in the larger sizes-3&4 in the faster sections of the river-riffles and rapids. throw it upstream and downstream. Also try putting a piece of green tape on the inside of the blade. Ever try a black K15 on the Kasilof?

Hit a nice summer run hen on a brass classic style spoon with black stripe down the convex side (used a black permanent marker streamside). In broad daylight, no cover, high noon, bright summer day, in the fast, heavy chop at the head in. Don't know if the stripe had anything to do with the strike, but I'll tell you one thing, I'll be hitting the same spot with the same setup this summer.

Black #4 vibrax is killer for Lake WA coho. nuff said.

Hardware wise, I prefer spoons, but the only spinners I use have a black blade. I've had the most luck on a black bladed Vibrax with the green bell (Size 3). I only use these spinners during the low clear dog days.

I have to agree with obsessed, I have had good luck with a number three Vibrax with a green bell and black blade, especially on Kings.

Tight Lines
Paul

I use a black blade for one of my most productive home-made spinners ever. I call it my Green Butt Skunk spinner. I usually use black french blades in sizes 2, 3, or 4 (depending on water color & depth- mostly 3 for steelhead). Use a tiny red bead below the clevis. Then I use a weighted body in mostly chrome with some thin red stripes, and put a short piece of kelly green tubing on the upper hook shank. Tiny red feathers out the tubing is an option. Like the famous fly I patterned this after, it works great! I think you could pattern a spoon after this by painting a chrome version with black (& a little red) enamel, but I haven't tried it yet. - Steve