Mold craft and the other skirted type lures don't, or shouldn't spin but if there is an imbalance in the lure it can cause a turning effect that results in a twisted line. Fortunately mold craft heads are pretty simple shapes and manufacturing is uniform so you shouldn't have to worry about things like leader hole alignment, but they do have their particular little bugbear which is the inner skirt is seperate and sits in the head/outer skirt part of the lure. Make sure the two parts fit neatly together, normally not an issue in the senior size but can be in the standard size, and check this whenever you check the lure to clear weed or plastic etc. Some folks floss the two sections together to ensure the two parts always fit together. Also helps prevent the two sections from coming apart on a missed bite or such like.
Second in your trouble shoot list should be the hook rig. Make sure the hooks, if you are using a two hook rig are in alignment eg. if for instance you are fishing a 180 degree rig make sure the hooks are at 180 degrees rather than 170 or 160. If you are pegging the hook rig make sure whatever system you use to peg the lure hasn't tipped your hook rig off to one side. Ditto if you are using tape or shrink tube etc to create a stiff rig. Also, and this is a small point but could come in useful, if you're using stainless hooks that you have pulled on a big fish, it's worth checking to see whether they are perfectly straight. I once nearly drove myself crazy trying to figure out what was wrong with a lure that kept running off to one side. Turned out the single mustad 7691 had been bent just a little out of shape on a previous fish. It was only off a degree or so but still had an effect on the lure.
Third is the swivel, a good quality ball bearing swivel is a must. I have on a couple of occasions seen a newly cut mono used as a tagline, that must have had some twist in it from the coil, readily twist on the fishing line the first time it was deployed, but those twists would work themselves out after a couple of hours. Always interesting to see your swivel actually doing its job. The smaller the swivel the more freely it will turn. Check your swivels for free turning at every opportunity and use the smallest swivel that is strong enough for the fishing you intend to do. Even taking all these steps I still expect to have to run my bare line into the water every so often to remove twist, but it shouldn't be a major problem.
Last edited by Patudo; 11-03-2009 at 06:10 PM.
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