Inline spinners do not need swivels. Change lures or sharpen hooks often. Mepps Products: 1. Deep Runner Plain Treble in size 1 in ALL colors. Heavy lures ( use in deep water) 2. XD Plain Treble: a. size 2s in silver- silver and gold- red- platinum ( brown trout) b. size 1 in gold- hot- orange and silver- hot- pink ( brook trout) 3. Mr. Twister ( owned by Mepps) Mr. Minno in the 3 smallest sizes in ALL colors ( place on varied sizes of jig heads and aggressively jigged) Other: Bitzer Creek 1. Zip Lure in smallest Size in gold or silver. This lure NEEDS a swivel. It throbs when fished properly. A deep water Big Trout slayer. Little Cleos 1. smallest size spoon in silver or gold 2. second smallest spoon in sliver or gold or silver- blue A swivel is a must. You can jig these spoons or retrieve in varied manners. Panther Martin Tackle Box; see next page Panther Martin has a huge selection of spinners on its website. Many cannot be found in typical stores. Panther Martin a. Regular silver or gold undressed treble in size 6 ( browns and brooks) b. Deluxe in size 6 or 9 a variety of colors in gold or silver or silver- blue- red ( brown trout) c. PMF gold in gold- orange dressed in size 4 and 2 ( brook trout) d. PMAS in All silver undressed treble in size 4 and 6 ( browns and brooks) e. PMBRT Brown trout undressed treble in size 6 ( browns) f. PMRFL Florescent undressed treble in size 2 or 4 ( brook trout) Both Mepps and Panther Martin have significant price reductions on lures bought in quantity.

http:// www. mepps. com http:// www. panthermartin. com All spinners should have their retrieves alternated. A slow twitch and pause works well. Lots of hits are on the first crank of the handle. Remember in cold weather to slow down that retrieve and target deep wintering holes with little current. Do not give up on casts. Bring to your feet and slow up even more as the lure comes from deep to shallow. ALL lures in this article run slowly in cold water. There are many other lures that I use during regular season when the trout are more aggressive. Wisconsin season opens the first weekend of March. Make sure your waders have no leaks and you wear long underwear and wool socks under your waders. A good cap with ear flaps and fingerless gloves are a MUST this time of year. A new product I use in ALL the time in climate weather is called Hot Hands. I put a couple in each pants pocket and one in each of my gloves on the back- side of the hand. When fishing really cold conditions I put a couple in my cap and one inside of my long underwear on each side at the top of my wading boots www. heatmax. com Stay warm and dry. Catch lots of trout.