Anglers should pay close attention to blade and shape sizes. When bumping bottom, blade shapes such as long, slender willowleafs will drop quicker and hug the base of the stream or river bed quicker than wider, higher riding Colorado or Indiana shaped blades. Sometimes it pays to experiment and use the higher riding blades, reeled slower for less aggressive fish. Always tie directly to the lure and under no circumstances ever use a snap swivel on spinners. Smalljaw anglers who use in-line spinners should also pay attention to the size they use.
Many bass anglers have the misconception that in-line spinners work only in streams or rivers.
In fact - they are deadly on North American lakes as well. In-line spinners can be dynamite for suspended smallmouth bass that refuse to take other lures. Like in streams and rivers, in-line spinners can be cast upwind of rocky points and weedbeds and reeled with the wind blown current. In-line spinners also work great for smallies when insect hatches such as mayflies are on. Try using smaller in-line spinners during these periods that have hair trimmed hooks that resemble an insect fluttering on the surface.