Tie-at-home extras · Mullet and flounder spoon

Baited spinner

A small spinner with a short tail of ragworm. The flash draws fish in and the worm closes the deal.

Mainline 8–12lbSwivelcuts line twistSpinner bladesize 1–3, silver or goldBeads as the bodySize 4–1 hooksingle, long shankRagworm tailshort, 2–3cm
Targets
Thin-lipped mullet, flounder, bass
Where
Estuaries and creeks, slow retrieve

What you need

Mainline
8–12lb
Spinner
Size 1–3 blade on a wire shaft, or a ready-made Mepps-style spinner
Hook
Single, size 4–1, replacing the treble
Bait
2–3cm of ragworm

Build it

  1. Swap the treble for a single hook.
  2. Thread a short piece of ragworm onto the hook, leaving a little tail.
  3. Tie on with a swivel above to cut line twist.
  4. Retrieve just fast enough to spin the blade.
On the beach

Keep the worm short. A long tail stops the blade spinning and gets nipped off without a hook-up.

Knots for this rig are in Knots. Line strengths, hook sizes and weights are starting points: scale them to your tackle, the ground and the tide. Diagrams are schematic and not to scale.