Fish Creek Spinners

In my last post, I mentioned how I was playing around with making my own spinners...well, I'm still trying that, actually bought an inexpensive wire former on eBay. Results are crude to say the least, but it keeps me out of trouble.
Even better, I found these folks out in Colorado called Fish Creek Spinners that make beautiful spinners - and get this - they're reasonably priced as well. My picture doesn't really do them justice. Check 'em out, they ship quick, are extremely friendly, and they're made of top quality components. Even come in these neat little tubes you could toss in your fishing vest, jacket, or heck, even glovebox. I posted their link in my links section towards the bottom of this blog, but here it is again anyway, if you want to check them out yourself. FishCreekSpinners.com

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