One of things that I have done is turn a kitchen spoon into jigging spoons. You can make a few jigging spoons out of 1 kitchen spoon. The handle can be cut down to 2-3 panfish spoons or 1-2 walleye spoons. The spoon minus the handle has a lot of good action as well. Soup spoons roll over faster then a standerd spoon but sink slower. You can also cut the spoon part length wise to get 2 spoons for a different action. If you do that you will get around a 45 degree roll when you jig it up. The more the bend the more the roll. Almost every restaurant you go to has different shaped spoons so Im always on the look out for that next great fish catcher. With the handle sections just put a bend or 2 in it and it will do good. When I make my spoons I test the action in my fish tank before taking themon the ice. Just keep bending it until you like what you see. I use to test them in a wash tub but you cant see all the action from the top. With a fish tank you can see the main action from the side. I like to make a lot of my fishing gear. Last season I started building my own rods. I can make them perfectly suited for what I want them for. The thing I do the most is make my own lures. I still use a lot of store bought lures but I love making my own. From pin-mins to spoons to all different sort of jigs i enjoy doing it. I just came up with a few new jigs made from the blades I use to make crawler harnesses. I will try to get some pics of the different things Ive come up with later this evening when I get a chance.
