Flies that intentionally spin.

[Pink Nighty]

Reading about @jasmillo and his Hot Spinning Tuna Fly got me thinking a thought I've thought before and I want to think it in public now.

I've often wanted a fly that behaves like a spinner. Something that would spin under tension as it swung across a run. Enough to need a swivel in the leader. Too many times I've run every color of flashy fly through a run with coho to no avail, only to have small spinners get hammered in the same presentation.

Anybody tie/swing flies that twist on purpose? How do you do it and how does it fish?

 

[Stonedfish]

Here are a couple I messed around with for beach coho a long time ago. Here is what I came up with.
I caught fish on both, but I wouldn’t say they were better than a non spinning fly. I also didn’t burn a lot of fishing time trying them.
Casting the one with the rubber angle head wasn’t exactly fun. The built in swivels definitely helped eliminate line twist and to achieve the spin.
SF

 

[Scudley Do Right]

You can just peg a bead above your fly and have snap clevis and spinner blade above that. That way you can use any fly you have already.

 

[_WW_]

Making the Wells Spoon

Porting this over from corporate. I've had several inquiries about the Wells Spoons that I use for Coho so I thought I'd put up a step by step on how I make them. Not being a fly I'm sure this won't be for everybody. These lures can be thrown with a fly rod and fly line, especially a spey rod...

pnwflyfishing.com

 

[Wetswinger]

When you spiral a hackle up a hook, like with a wooly worm, it makes a natural screw. My leader tells me it spins. Only thing holding it back is probably the hook. A short stiff hackle and a long hook shank may do something..