Adding Color to Sutton Spoons

[tlombardozzi]

I bought some Sutton Spoons in Brass/Chrome, should I run them as is or add color tape? With this color I am not sure.

Thanks in advance

[WoodieBoater]

Depends on what your fishing for and where your fishing for it.. i typically customize my spoons because theyre never "quite perfect" dont laugh but nail polish works wonders  

[tlombardozzi]

Fishing for browns and kings primarily on Lake O

[Fish Hunter]

We tape those for the browns.

[MTpockets]

A&p tackle has a blue sparkle. I put a small strip on the Crome side & a glow eye on the brass

[Dick]

I Always go back to the original silver & brass. The color tape & nail polish just reduce the flash and contrast. At depth what else

can be seen as the light filters down? The movement and action caused by the flexablilty and liteness of the lure makes the differance. This is my experance on the fingerlakes. lake O fish wad them up, and spit them out.

I lost 6 suttons today and need to find some more! any one who wants to sell some PM me and let me Know

Thanks. Dick

[Sk8man]

I've recently been accused of having "girly" spoons   but I've been using the nail polish on them for more than 30 years and it doesn't interfere with the action or impede them in any way. It is temporary though which is both "good" and "bad" (depending on whether you like to monkey). The nail polish (even with an acrylic hardener coating over  it does come off after awhile but this is OK with me because if the color doesn't work real well I can easily change it (as long as I feel the action of it works OK). I had a bunch of older spoons that the finish was worn on (including Suttons) sitting in the basement a while back and decided to rejuvenate them and I've been hammering fish with them since (as well as saving money on new spoons) and I 'm not as concerned about losing them either   It is noted though that colors in their element (outdoors in sunlight for example) do not appear the same at depth in water and in fact reportedly either  "washout" or darken to black down deep (e.g 70 or 80 ft on down) although this may be slightly different depth wise with extremely clear water. Reportedly red shows up as "whitish" at about 40-50 ft in normal water conditions or so for example. Glow finishes themselves (depending on specifically what they are composed of) supposedly show up better at depth. Obviously I didn't do the studies but that's what the "color scientists" have published anyway. I should also mention another downside to the nail polish....daughters....they like to steal your stuff....and its usually the good "glitter" Oh and before anyone "nails me" about the nail polish smell I let it dry for a few days and then whenI put them in withmy other spoons Ispray the inside of the lid with shad scent spray I guess that's most of my "girly" secrets....

Edited September 29, 2013 by Sk8man

[Dick]

by the way, Suttons are plated with real silver not chrome. The sutton company can't find a good plating place, so no production.

[Sk8man]

And I think the price of silver is sky high compared to a few years ago. Silver can  be seen from a much greater distance than chrome.

[tlombardozzi]

Sk8man, would you use color though on Sutton's that are half chrome, half brass though? That really was my question whether that combo does better as is.

[Sk8man]

If the finish is good on them leave them "as is" would be my advice.It is a great combination and over the years I've caught more fish on the combo spoons especially the hammered finish (and I've had and used hundreds of Suttons). Les

Edited September 29, 2013 by Sk8man

[tlombardozzi]

Thanks

[Fish Hunter]

We run 1/2 crushed red and 1/2 black electrical tape, with 3 pcs of green prisim on the back.

That's called a Bill Clinton......don't know why, but that is what it is refered to.

Seems to work.

[magic7777]

Sk8man do you have to use a hair dryer or just wave and blow on them.

[Sk8man]

:smile:  Geez and I thought Ed busted me pretty good....good one! I'm training the dog to breath real hard on them for the next batch Les

Edited September 30, 2013 by Sk8man

[ERABBIT]

:smile:  Geez and I thought Ed busted me pretty good....good one! I'm training the dog to breath real hard on them for the next batch Les

Train the CAT then put it on a fish diet you can save a few $$$ shad scent spray..........