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Anybody have any luck with them? If so, which ones work and at what speed of retrieve?
Very true !!! My neighbor used to catch a lot of fish at Flaming Gorge with the red and white. That is all he would use !! I went along to verify this story and it was true. I've never had very much luck with them myself, although this year I did buy a couple to try again..but haven't used them yet...fatbass said:I think too many folks retrieve them too fast. I have caught many different fish on Dardevls by working them so slowly that they are just barely staying level. Try running them slowly just over weeds or brush. Vary the retrieve, letting them drop and then pull them back up a little faster. Just like a jig, the hit will often come when the spoon starts to fall.
Oh, and be sure to use a good quality swivel as these spoons will twist line like no other!
Did you're grandpa teach you how to respect you're elders ???? :evil: .. :lol:fixed blade said:This is interesting to me that people haven't had luck with a dare devil. My grandpa taught me the ways of the red and white daredevil. I have caught more fish casting and retrieving with these that any other lure combined. They are my old reliable, and believe me the oldtimers now what they are doing. Just ask .45 :wink:
Thanks for the info Fatbass. That's the kind of detail I needed.fatbass said:I think too many folks retrieve them too fast. I have caught many different fish on Dardevls by working them so slowly that they are just barely staying level. Try running them slowly just over weeds or brush. Vary the retrieve, letting them drop and then pull them back up a little faster. Just like a jig, the hit will often come when the spoon starts to fall.
Oh, and be sure to use a good quality swivel as these spoons will twist line like no other!
Nice work! Which ones, and were you trolling or casting?Wdycle said:I used them back in the day at Island Park Res. and Yellowstone Lake. Limited every time!!
I can't pass up an opportunity to brag about my wife. We often catch splake and rainbows at Fishlake trolling either a red & white, or black and white spoon. Just lucky that the big boy hit her spoon. The one she was trolling was an old (I don't think they make them any more) Nu-Spoon which was black and white. We have also used Daredevils as well. She wants me to clarify that it was 26.8 pounds not 25, and that she only looks fat in the picture because of the big waders and the other 7 layers she had on to keep warm. LOLI can recall somebody's post on the old forum about their wife catching a 25lb laker with a spoon at Fish Lake.