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Gapen's New SPIN-BEE� Jig

This lure was created to entice all gamefish in salt and fresh water. It was made casting & retrieving, trolling, and vertical jigging. It can be used in both winter and summer, in open water, and through the ice for all gamefish.

Spin Bee� is a great jig for anglers who want to provide enticing jig patterns - combining fly and jig intrigue for fish, the superior fly-jig appeal that Spin Bee� jigs provide.

Like it's cousin the Spin Bee� Baiter except with the flashing spin blade allows anglers to work waters, jigging, trolling or casting. Tip with the smallest part of leeches, crawlers or a tiny slice of minnow without impeding the action of the spin blade. (Note full pieces of red worm. leeches, full minnows will impede the blade and roll of the blade for the Spin Bee� spinner). The Spin Bee� is a great solution for anglers seeking walleye, trout, bass, white bass, perch, crappie, bluegills or pike. Fish are mesmerized by the back spinner and enticed to strike by the hook's smartly tied fly and pattern.
Spin Bee� Baiters to call on the enticing fly-jig appeal to work structure on lake or river - jigging up fish which swim to regular jigs but don't strike. Fish in the mid-active to neutral phases find interest in the shape and hair patterns of the proven Spin Bee� family of jigs. When other anglers struggle, you can sting into strikes with Spin Bee� Spinner and Baiters.
Find an assortment of hues ranging from the bright chartreuse and pink and white patterns to the contrasted darker colors black/white, candy cane or sucker patterns which work well in bright or clear water. Call upon the brightness of the vivid colors for darker waters in lakes and rivers. Walleye and bass anglers will sink into the pink, chartreuse wile crappie, perch and bluegill anglers will gravitate towards the yellow and black, sucker and candy cane Spin Bee� jigs. Fussy crappies, snoopy walleyes, picky perch and backing bluegills will take a second look and strike the Spin Bee� collection - you might make this one of your favorite jigs next to the Ugly Bug jigs.

SpinBee + Nepag hit the river zone.

History of the SPIN-BEE

Dan Gapen Sr. came up with this NEW lure idea by reaching back in time to 1940 when working in his father's (Don Gapen) fly-tying shop in Nipigon, Ontario Canada. His father, Don, created the first "directly-attached" spinner to a fly which he then called the Flub-Dub. This fly had a bent willow leaf blade attached to the rear of the fly which rotated as the fly was retrieved. Combining this idea with the body of a bumble bee fly (a pattern which has always been popular with fly fishermen for panfish & trout) and adding an eye jighead, made quite the seductive lure.

The vertical striping created by the bumble bee pattern style fly, represents the striping found on many of our water's bait fish, dart fish such as perch and darter minnows. The tail spinner adds an attractive flash to the bait which draws fish the lure from as far as 25 feet away.

Tests proved the new SPIN-BEE to produce bass, walleye, pike, white bass, and trout readily. However, the benefits of also adding scent was soon discovered. To accomplish this, there was a need to reduce the bulk of the trailing spinner, so it was taken off, and the body was shortened to allow the attachment of live bait and scented devices like the RED BALL. This was done and Dan had created an attractive bait carrier for livebait such as worms, grubs, minnows, leeches, and cut bait. From this, the SPIN-BEE BT was born.

It was decided to make the SPIN-BEE in 1/16 oz for panfish and trout, 1/8 oz for all general use, and 1/4 oz for your bigger gamefish such as bass, walleye, trout, whitebass, and northern pike. For saltwater species, the 1/8 oz and 1/4 oz would do the best job.

The first SPIN-BEE with a spinner was tied by Dan Gapen Sr. in July of 2010 and field tested almost immediately. Like all of Gapen's new products, there is two-years of field testing before released to the public to make sure our customers are being delivered a quality product. The SPIN-BEE has met our two year field testing approval and is now ready for purchase!