spinner/worm harness storage

[dave]

hey all last night i was reading the archives looking for away to store all of the spinner rigs i have been building in hopes of catching a walleye. i did find alot of good ideas only they didnt really apply to my needs. so as i was trying to figure out away to store them in a fashion to keep them nest and organized my wife set down to see what i was doing. after about 2 minutes of watching me and my failed attemts, she took over. well i must say that i was very impressed with what she came up with. it very cheap and easy to find around everyones home. although they dont work well if you are going to get them wet they do work great for keeping them in dry storage.
first she went and got a toilet peper roll(empty) then she put two notches in the side of it for two hook points to ride in. she proceded to put a 2 slits with a pair of siccors at both the top and bottom of the roll at a slight angle. she then wound the line around the out side of the roll till she got to just a short piece line. then put it in the other slot. now the really neat thing about this was after that she proceeded to use the notch at the other end and wrap another rig on the opposit end of the spool. so when she was finisheed i have a holder for two rigs that didnt cost me anything and they are biodegradeable. just thought i would share this incase anyone else has trouble storing these things dave

[GORD]

Give her a big hug and a rose. She sounds like a sweetheart. Take her for a walk thru the plumbing section and let her discover the foam pipe insulation. It's a little bigger around than a toilet roll. It comes in 6 foot lengths. It has a long slit from end to end that allows it to be wrapped around a pipe. They look something like swimming pool noodles but work better as snell holders. Cut off a 10 inch piece. Tuck the looped end of the harness in the slot. Wrap the snell around the foam. Stick the hooks in the foam. You should be able to get 6 or 8 pretied harnesses on each piece. Use quick change clevises and keep a variety of blades in a small plastic box.

[Murph!]

Go to a toy store, or any outlet that sells kids toys. Buy a couple of the long styroform swords that kids use at the beach. They come in a couple sizes about 6 inches in diameter Cut them in sections and store your rigs on them. You can stick the hooks in to keep them secure. Cheap and they work great.

Good luck, Murph!

[Walleye Herbie]

Gord's on the right track. The only step he forgot was to get some empty tennis ball containers to store the rig tubes in. You can get them for free at most health clubs with tennis courts.

[Joshuatreewi]

those swim noodles work really nice if you stick some pieces of dowles throught it to wholed the end of your crawler rig with the loop in it then just wrap the rig around a couple of times and stick the hook in

[JKJ]

This topic was recenly discussed. May want to check the archives.....

I like the 1/2 size zip lock bags. (I think they are called Snack Bags) I can but nearly a 100 of them in a tupperware container. No dinged blades or line. Stay dry and easy to store. Easy to rummage through to find color/blade size.

[Kevin]

The swim tube things work great ,if you tie a swivel on the end of your harness I use a toothpick to hold the swivel end, or if the blades are on the harness just cut a slit in it wear they end up and shove the blade in it . Keeps them wrapped up tight and easy to get at.

[delgue]

at the walleye expo Sam Anderson had the styrofoam "kid sword" sections to organize his spinnerbaits-used a knife to cut around the circumference about a 1/4", wrapped each sb without a peg or toothpick simply by wrapping the loop end and then on top of itself the whole spinner bait down inside the cut,you can lock the blade down in there too--try it it works.
you can get the styrofoam swords at Walmart cheap--

[Eric Olson]

Foam swords from Walmart work great!!!

Just my opinion but... I never store my blades on the rigs. I always use a Lindy quick nsap for the blade then I can change blade color quickly w/o tearing apart the whole rig. tie a swival on the connection end and tuck that into a slit you cut lengthwise along the foam tube. This keeps the line from becoming too coiled and is easy to remove and store.
Jason and I talked to B & B Tackle Co (Bill and Barb Stanke) about making a box to fit these tubes and the did! I just bought two and they hold ten tubes each. give them a call and they can make them for you! They also make musky boxes, crank boxes, etc

Tight Lines
Big Fish

Eric Olson

[cmb]

I use the same bags and store them in a bass spinerbait box, the spinnerbait "racks" work as great deviders so I can keep organized by colors &/or blade size...

prior to the box I used an old cofe can, that I kept on the boat. cheap, but the $5 box works better. this method can store many times more rigs than pipefoam or water noodle, more compact. only drawback are occasional tangles when taking rig from bag (just like when opening a new store bought rig)

[MNBS]

I have done the toilet paper roll thing. It is cheap, but when it rains, you can end up with a mess. What I now use is an unused paint roller. It is water proof and the hooks stay in the roll.