How to Make a Hoochie Spinner for Salmon, Steelhead and Trout

The hoochie spinner is a an extremely effective lure mod for increasing your catch-rate! The added movement, colour and larger profile that is provided by adding that little hoochie on the back is irresistible to salmon, steelhead, trout and char.
Fish it just like you would a normal spinner, cast and retrieve and hold on tight! It is good to have a few different colour combos on hand. It won't take long for the fish to let you know which one they want on a given day. Good luck!
Blue Fox Vibrax Spinner’s Size 4 and 5, colour of your choice
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Eagle Claw Crane Swivel, Size 5
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Angler Tackle Split Ring, Size 5
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P- Line Micron Split ring Pliers
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[@ag8782]

This rig got me some nice coho, thank you!

[@guyh.4553]

Me too!

[@randyryalls7637]

Nice one Andrew. Gotta try that for Saskatchewan Pike!

[@searunflytackle]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching Randy

[@guyh.4553]

Vibrax lures are excellent on Kodiak, AK streams. Pretty cool. One question: why did you not put a split ring on the hoochie end of the Vibrax? Only seems logical to me and you don’t run the risk of having that eye open up when fighting a big Silver? Fish On!

[@chrismessmer9029]

Can you explain the use of 2 Split rings, when 1 will do? Split ring attached to lure then the swivel and then the siwash hook attached to swivel. Is there a specific reason/advantage? Thank you

[@searunflytackle]

We use a split ring between the two crane swivels to get the desired length for the hook to sit behind the hoochie. and then the top split ring in order to connect the rigged hoochie to the spinner. no exact advantage doing it this way. you could always use a bead chain swivel aswell to get the hook to sit far enough back instead. just the way we like to rig it up. Thanks hopefully this helps!

[@Chris-vb9cf]

I wonder how a weighted swivel would affect the action? There are times when I wish my spinner was a bit heavier