How to paint it after making a cicada spinner. Bladebait - cicada lure, review of advantages, fishing technique, do-it-yourself production. Shop or homemade bait

- a small flat spinner, shipped in the head part, with a fishing line fastening in the upper part of the back. Creates active high-frequency low-amplitude oscillations during movement. Differs in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, weights.

The spinner has not yet become widespread in Russia, although those who have experienced the cicada in action become its loyal admirers.

Thanks to several options for attaching the spinner to the fishing line, cicada changes the nature of movement and frequency of oscillation. We can say that these are several spinners in one. It does not look like a wobbler, or an ordinary oscillator or a spinner, but sometimes it can catch better than all of them put together.

Bladebait and ratlin

Bledbait is similar to ratlin by attaching a fishing line to the back of the spinner. However, the ratlin has a voluminous body with a rattle inside. The game of the cicada is more aggressive and noisy than that of the ratlin.

What kind of fish is the cicada intended for?

The cicada is intended mainly for predatory fish: perch, pike, pike perch, asp. Small-sized cicadas can also covet large peaceful fish: carp, bream, crucian carp.

Especially loves cicada perch for its high-frequency low-amplitude play.

Fishing methods

The bladebait works great when fishing with spinning casting, when trolling up to 10 km / h, when fishing in a plumb line.

Bledbait - all-weather lure. It works great in winter when fishing in a plumb line.

Features of winter fishing

For winter fishing, a cicada with a small shipment is used.

Stepped vertical wiring is recommended. The spinner sinks to the bottom, then a sharp rise to the top follows, a pause and a free fall, and again a jerk. Gradually, the site is tested throughout the depth. The number of steps and the duration of pauses are selected experimentally.

Wiring Features

On the back of the bait there are from one to five holes for attaching the fishing line. The closer the hole is to the head of the spinner, the faster the wiring can be.

The closer the hole is to the tail, the stronger the resistance of the spinner during wiring. The coil is under heavy load, so in this case, bladebaits of large sizes are carried out not by rotating the coil, but by pulling. It naturally turns out stepped wiring, which is more interesting for a large predator than uniform.

Bladebaits with a concave lobe-body have their own attractive play when free falling to the bottom. In this case, stepped wiring can also be effective for small spinners.

Doubles and tees

Cicadas are supplied with either twins or tees.

Doubles are hung with a curved sting to the tail of the spinner. Since when the cicada moves, the sting of the hooks is directed upwards, there are fewer hooks for obstacles, but more fish come off.

Hooks themselves create attractive vibrations during wiring and often serve as a point of attack for fish, therefore, there is no need to decorate them with cambrics, beads, feathers and other trinkets.

Leashes

Attaching the line directly to the hole is not recommended. The spinner is narrow and can quickly loosen or fray the nodal connection. For a direct nodal connection of the fishing line to the spinner, you can use a small winding ring inserted into the hole, or a small carabiner.

It is best to use a leash with a carabiner. The carabiner will not limit the swings of the cicada and will allow you to quickly change from one hole to another.

In pike places where there is a high probability of an attack by a large toothy predator, you can use a string 20-25 cm long.

Best fishing time

The cicada shows all its advantages in the summer with the onset of the swimming season. The water warms up, blooms, visibility decreases and then the noisy, high-frequency game of the cicada becomes especially attractive to fish.

Shop or homemade bait

In fishing shops there is not a very large selection of baits. This is due to the still not too great popularity of these spinners.

It may happen that you liked the purchased cicada, which worked perfectly in the summer, you want to try it in the winter, but the shipping weight is not suitable for winter fishing. You can make a copy of the spinner with a different shipment.

Making a cicada on your own is not so difficult.

You can make copies of purchased cicadas, experiment with the shape of the body, with the weight of the shipment, the number and location of holes for attaching the leash and hooks, change the degree of concavity of the petal-body, and much more.

Self-manufacturing provides a wide field for experimentation.

Making homemade fishing bait

Making a cicada from the petal of an old flat or concave spinner and an olive-shaped sinker

Spinner drawing

First, look at the drawing:

Manufacturing instructions

DIY tools:

Hacksaw for metal.
Round nose pliers.
Drill or screwdriver.
Drill for metal (2-4mm).
Wire cutters.
The file is round.
Marker.

Material:

Long-shaped petal from an old spinner.
Two twins or tees of the right size.
Lead olive sinker (or two smaller lead olives of the same weight in total).
Glue "Moment" water-repellent for metal.
Soda.
inorganic solvent.

Instruction:

In the “olive” sinker, a longitudinal cut is made with a hacksaw for metal to the middle. The weight of the olive is chosen independently.
Selected place for securing the shipment. Shipment fastens in a head part from below a spoon-bait. The axes of the baubles and olives should be located at an angle of 15 - 20 degrees to each other. The olive can protrude from the petal by 0 - 5 mm as desired. The olive is inserted into the petal, moved to the right place, outlined with a marker.
Selected place for attaching a hook in the head spinners. The place of attachment of the front hook is marked on the olive with a marker.
The shipment is removed from the petal. The marked place of the olive is bitten with wire cutters. You should get a semicircle for mounting a double or tee on the petal. Processed with a round needle file.
The olive is again put on the petal in the selected place and the place where the front hook is attached is marked with a marker. Shipment is withdrawn
Holes are drilled in the petal for attaching fishing line from 1 to 5 in the back of the cicada and holes for attaching two hooks from below.
The place of the future fastening of the shipment is cleaned and degreased any inorganic solvent.
Applied glue.
The olive is inserted into the spinner and squeezed with round-nose pliers for fixation.
speaker glue spreads evenly at the point of attachment. If there is not enough glue, an additional amount of glue is applied. The glue should be distributed evenly in a not too thick layer over the entire junction of the olive to the lure. Excess glue is removed with a rag. Glue is sprinkled with soda on top.
The glue with soda, when dried, forms a hard layer, providing additional adhesion to the body of the cicada and the shipment. The hard layer can be processed with sandpaper.
Hooks are hanging.

Expert opinion

Knipovich Nikolai Mikhailovich

Important. Instead of one olive, you can fix two smaller ones and half the weight. Then the place for attaching the hook is chosen between two olives.

Cutting the body of a cicada from a sheet of metal, fusing shipment

Tools:

Metal scissors.
File.
The skin is small.
Soldering iron 80-100W.
Electric drill or screwdriver.
Drill for metal (2-4mm).
Pliers.
Marker.

Material:

Sheet metal 0.6-0.8 mm: stainless steel iron (metal from a flexible spatula is best), or brass, or copper, or
bronze.
Battery lead (such lead is best alloyed with other metals).
Orthophosphoric acid.
inorganic solvent.
Doubles or tees 2 pcs.

Instruction:

On sheet metal draw the body shape of the cicada. Often the cicada is shaped like a curved fish.
Cut out with scissors for metal the body of a cicada.
We process the edges with a file.
We process the place of shipment welding with phosphoric acid.
Heated soldering iron layer by layer weld lead on one side spinners.
After the lead has cooled, turn the cicada over to the other side, put it on a wet cloth. This will protect the spinner from overheating and melting the lower layer of lead.
We process with phosphoric acid and layer by layer, gradually, melting lead. It is necessary to take breaks if necessary and wet the rag again, preventing the lower layer of lead from overheating.
After cooling processing lead with a file on both sides to give symmetry to the shipment.
Clean up with fine sandpaper.
In the place where the hook is attached, we smelt a piece of lead and we process this place with sandpaper (it is better to beat off a piece of lead with a semicircular chisel).
Drilling holes in the required quantity in the upper part of the spinner on the back for attaching fishing line and two holes for hooks in the lower part.
We wipe the spinner with a solvent.
The cicada can be dyed although anglers do not see much point in this. With active high-frequency vibration, color details are not visible.
We hang hooks.

Expert opinion

Knipovich Nikolai Mikhailovich

Zoologist, hydrobiologist. I am a professional fisherman.

Important. Instead of a hole for the front hook, you can make an eyelet from a 0.8mm glandular wire. Before surfacing lead, a hole is drilled in the body of the cicada above the place where the hook is attached, a wire is threaded into the hole and twisted with pliers. Presses against the body with round-nose pliers. Under the body of the cicada, the wire is bent with pliers under the plane of the body of the spinner.

Making your own bladebait using a matrix

Tools:

Metal scissors.
Wire cutters.
File.
Fine sandpaper.
Electric drill or screwdriver.
Drills for metal (2-4mm).

Material:

Battery lead.
Sheet metal 0.6-0.8mm.
Battery lead.
Gypsum.
Orthophosphoric acid.
Cropped rectangular milk or juice bags.
Pins from nails.
Silicone Grease.
Plasticine.

Instruction:

Cut according to pattern or according to your own drawing from sheet metal the body of a cicada.
On the body of a spinner of its own manufacture or cut according to a template we stick plasticine in the form of shipment.
Pour a creamy gypsum solution (at least 2 cm) into a cut bag from milk or juice.
We press a cone-shaped wooden pin into the gypsum solution, smeared with silicone grease, up to half to form a sprue hole. The lower part of the pin should be in contact with the head of the spinner.
Press the wire in half lubricated with silicone, to remove air when pouring the melt.
Coating the template silicone grease.
Pressing the template in hardened gypsum.
We are waiting for the plaster to harden.
Drill holes in four corners under the diameter of the pins (a little more than half the bottom plate of the matrix).
Lubricate the surface of the matrix with silicone grease.
Lubricate the pins silicone grease. Insert into holes.
Filling the top plate template (at least 2 cm).
After the gypsum has thickened, remove the pins, release the matrix from the package, separate the two halves, take out the wooden cone and wire.
We clean the body of the cicada from plasticine. We drill two holes in the body of the spinner from different ends of the shipment to close the lead melt from both sides of the cicada.
Insert the flat body of the cicada template, treated with phosphoric acid at the place of shipment, back to the matrix.
In sprue hole pour lead melt.
After cooling the melt take out the pins, separate the two halves of the matrix. We take out the preparation of the cicada.
We bite off excess lead and process the places with a file and sandpaper.
Drilling holes for attaching fishing line and hooks.
We fasten the hooks.

Matrix for giving a concave shape

To give a concave shape to the body of the bladebait, a recess is hollowed out in a wooden block along the contour of the body of the cicada of the required depth. With a hammer, gentle tapping on the body of the spinner without shipment gradually gives the desired convexity. With a round punch, the body of the spinner is given a final, complete shape.

Useful video

The video clearly shows how to make a cicada with your own hands:

The cicada (or Blade Bait, which literally means “bait blade”) remained on the sidelines for some time. Despite the fact that it appeared on the American continent back in 1957, in our country the cicada, so unlike the usual baits, for more enthusiastic spinningists became a secret weapon for catching perch and pike, and for ordinary fishing enthusiasts - something unusual , suspicious and "not ours".

Of course, in fishing periodicals, sometimes there were notes about the appearance of an effective “transverse” spinner with two tees, however, according to ordinary spinners, imported strangers did not inspire confidence.

Now it is in the past. Today, cicadas can be seen not only in the fishing boxes of athletes, but also beginners to master spinning. And the thing is that the bait created by the American Heddon turned out to be incredibly versatile. She can catch our "domestic" predators in rivers, lakes, reservoirs during open water and, as it turned out, in winter from a hole to a plumb line.

Appearance of a cicada

The shape of the cicada has some correspondence with insects and fish.

However, I cannot admit that the external resemblance to the natural food of pike and perch is a guarantee of success. But I will say in the affirmative that the provocateur came out excellent.

By creating high-amplitude oscillations during the wiring, the bladebaits produce powerful hydroacoustic waves, in which the predator rarely does not try to try the "author's" tooth.

To enhance the "sound", in addition to two tees or double hooks, petals are suspended from the cicada.

All cicadas are equipped with one, two or three mounting holes, which allows you to change the angle of inclination while driving and get different vibrations.

By hooking it to the first hole, the cicada creates high-frequency vibrations that the perch liked so much. To get the most aggressive game, we fix it for the last one. It is useless to give recommendations here - you have to select the attachment point while fishing.

Among the advantages can also be noted:

Thanks to the correct loading, the cicada is a good flyer and you can make a long cast and put the bait at the right point even in windy weather.
The specificity of cicadas makes it possible to fish in stagnant water bodies and in the course, in shallow water and deep holes.
When compared with outwardly similar rattlins, then a cicada. With the same size, spinning is less annoying.

How to catch a cicada

Friends, the technique of fishing for a cicada, as well as for other spinning lures, can hardly be described in words. Here, even the reason is not in the nuances of the wiring.

For some, this bladebait catches on a banal uniform and the angler does not bother. I threw it to the point, gave it time to dive to the required depth, or started retrieval immediately upon splashdown.

An angler who prefers twitching will definitely make it a rule to play along with the cicada in the manner of a minnow.

If you want to spend on the bottom in the style of a jig - please. Replacing the tees with double or single hooks, minimizing hooks, you can provoke a bottom-feeding predator to attack.

Postings can be selected according to the mood of the fish, the reservoir is enough, but what should be done without fail is to pause. Even at a short stop, the lure begins to sink with a bewitching vibration that reverberates into the hand of the spinner.

With regards to gear, you can fish on a cicada using the same rod on which you drive spinners and wobblers. There may be some discomfort as the water resistance is higher but not critical. Picked up the weight for the characteristics of spinning and go. Experiments are welcome.

Is it possible to make a cicada with your own hands?

Can. Why not? Quite working baits are obtained. I don't do this myself. Got to work a couple of times. He cut blanks from a copper plate, turned them, measured out the dimensions, and soldered additional weights. Freezes are enough.

The cicadas worked successfully on the perch, but after losing on the holds, I learned that it was easier to buy.

If you have material for manufacturing and decide to make a cicada with your own hands, then I will warn you right away - you should not take it “by eye”. Each extra millimeter must be removed (grinded), the holes for attaching to the fastener should be in place. The spinner is only at first glance simple.

For those who want to take up the tool, I will give a dimensional grid and a diagram below.

No tail, no scales. Regards, Oleg

"Cicada" (or Bladebait) has been sold in stores for over 10 years. But our fishermen underestimate her. But in vain. In some states of America, it was even banned because of the highest catch. The same fishermen who tried her abilities began to call the “cicada” lure a “perch killer”. However, so far it is not very popular with us.

Bait "cicada" - what is it?

Spinner " cicada” is simply remembered from the outside. She looks like a ratlin. Not only by design, but also by the nature of the game. A significant difference is the absence of a rattle inside and the possibility of a long cast, which allows you to envelop a huge area in your fishing time.

The bait can be attached to the fishing line in several places. When wiring, the “cicada” moves with its nose down, therefore the vibration power and the angle of inclination depend on the connection point. It is necessary to attach the fishing line to the front edge, if the frisky wiring technique is used, to the middle - if the middle one, and to the back - if unhurried, respectively. The bait is loaded from below in the frontal part.

Making a spinner cicada

Make a cicada lure on your own. With all this, reduce costs to zero. In other words, a small amount of materials and tools that are at home are used. Unless you have to spend money on gypsum (if this is not available on the farm), you can ask the neighbors who are doing the repairs differently. Under any circumstances, the myth material is cheap and available.

Tools

Is being done spoon"cicada" in artisanal conditions using the following tools:

chisel;
knife;
hacksaw;
drill;
drills of small diameter;
sandpaper;
paste GOI;
capacity for the production of molds from gypsum;
ratfil;
marker;
paper;
dishes for kneading gypsum.

materials

As for the material, sheet metal is useful for the cicada petals. Perfect for copper or brass. They are better processed. The thickness of the sheet should be from 0.4 to 0.8 mm. A thicker lobe will play poorly during wiring, and a narrow one may not withstand the load. Zinc-coated tin is also used, which fades over time, which is great for fishing in clear water. Very bright petals in this case can scare away the fish. It is important not to destroy the galvanization during the production of the "cicada". If this worked out, then you need to polish the petal amazingly, then it will not actually rust with use.

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Spinner cicada preparation

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For the production of goods for future bait lead is useful. The best option would be to choose soft, with antimony in the composition. It is easier and easier to work with him. The cable sheath is made from this material. There is an option to take lead from the battery. It is important to follow simple safety precautions during your work. Some plasticine will also come in handy. With its use, a clear copy of the "cicada" will be made.

Production process

Spoon"Cicada" consists of petals. We draw them, transfer them to a sheet of metal. Cut out. We process the edges with a file. Such a petal is used for the production of others. Then plasticine is taken and a ball is molded with its use, in the middle of which it is necessary to insert a petal and shape it. This is done with a knife and a chisel. We achieve a clear copy of the "cicada".

Now we need to make a form. For this purpose, pour diluted gypsum into the prepared box. You need to fill exactly half. Mark the inside of the container in advance with a marker or pencil. Gypsum is diluted to a mixture of thick sour cream. A copy of the "cicada" is oiled (vegetable will do) and pressed halfway into the mixture. Equipping the form with guides will facilitate alignment. For this purpose, you will find the use of bumps from the same material, balls or metal pins.

We leave to dry for hours, if gypsum is used, on the contrary, a dry mixture, then the drying time will be much longer. Then the surface of the mold and the "cicada" is again smeared with oil and the other half is poured. Now you need to dry the product one hundred percent. This will take several days. If the form has become light, snow-white, there is a rumble upon impact - this means that it is completely dry.

Then we draw petals on the metal, cut them out, clamp a few pieces in a vice and drill holes for the load here, grind them, grind them with sandpaper (for this purpose we run from coarse-grained to fine-grained paper), polish to a shine. There is an option to hold a hacksaw for metal. This is necessary for reliable fastening of the load to the petal. We drill several holes for the carabiner (1-3 pieces), which will allow you to simply change the angle of inclination and the frequency of oscillations at the time of wiring. Further, after the mold has dried, we disconnect it and with a knife we make a sprue and a channel so that air comes out. It is needed to completely fill the form with lead.

When our client is ready, we proceed to casting. Before starting work, it is better to warm up the form. We insert the petal and fill it with lead. Better to do this outdoors. You need to be very careful. A few minutes, and the "cicada" is ready. We take out. Proceed to the next one.

Prepare the petals for our client, then just pour 20 baits in half an hour. After processing with a knife, the cicada spinner is ready for use. Polish with GOI paste of your choice. Equip the double with stingers up. What remains to be done to our client. Now the product is completely ready. Such bait does not actually cling. In the end, a beautiful cicada spinner comes out (photo is shown). The operation of the bait is of course checked in the bathroom. Now on the water!

In this article, another technology of the same author is presented, namely the manufacture of Cicadas with loading by casting. The question of how and with what to paint the manufactured Cicada is considered in more detail, so that the paint would last for a long time, and the coloring would attract the predator.

Attention is paid to the technique of wiring and the game of this lure when catching a predator in various conditions. Recommendations for the manufacture of a catchy Cicada with an aluminum alloy petal are presented.

The photo shows examples of colors and drawings on the lure that are popular with perch and other predators. How to make a cicada - homemade for summer with your own hands, read in this material. . .

The Cicada spinner, having its drawbacks, undoubtedly wins a large number of pluses, both in the game of this Bladebait-type lure, and in its catchability for predatory fish - perch, pike, etc.

In this article, the manufacturing technology of home-made cicadas is considered, by soldering the load onto the petal of the bait itself. Additionally, the author considered the issue of making a bait with a load of this spinner - homemade, using a metal bar from various metals, which may also be of some interest, in terms of expanding manufacturability, in the manufacture of this homemade Cicada spinner.

The options for wiring and playing, this bait -Cicadas, in various conditions of summer fishing, in order to increase catchability and increase the number of bites, are considered. How to make such a catchy homemade cicada, at minimal cost, read below. . .

Cicada-type spinners (or Bladebait) have been sold in stores for more than ten years. However, our fishermen underestimate it. But in vain. Indeed, in some states of America it was even banned because of the high catch. The same fishermen who tried its capabilities began to call the “cicada” lure a “perch killer”. But so far it is not popular with us.

Bait "cicada" - what is it?

Spinner "cicada" is easy to remember outwardly. She looks like a ratlin. And not only in appearance, but also in the nature of the game. A significant difference is the absence of a rattle inside and the possibility of long-range casting, which allows you to cover a large area while fishing.

The bait can be attached to the fishing line in several places. When retrieving, the "cicada" moves with its nose down, so the vibration power and the angle of inclination depend on the connection point. It is necessary to attach the fishing line to the front edge if the fast wiring technique is used, to the middle - if medium, and to the back - if slow, respectively. The bait is loaded from below in front.

Making spinners "cicada"

Make a spinner "cicada" under the force at home. At the same time, keep costs to a minimum. That is, you can use the minimum amount of materials and tools at home. Unless you have to spend money on gypsum (if there is none on the farm) or ask neighbors who are doing repairs. In any case, this material is inexpensive and affordable.

Tools

Do-it-yourself cicada baubles are made using the following tools:

chisel;
hacksaw;
drill;
drills of small diameter;
paste GOI;
container for making molds from gypsum;
file;
marker;
paper;
dishes for kneading gypsum.

To speed up the process, it is better to use a grinder than a hacksaw. If the farm did not find a drill, then with a dowel or a sharpened twig, you can make holes for the clasp and hook. GOI paste is used to add shine to the product. To make a plaster mold, you can use any cardboard box, thin boards, plywood. The material from which it will be made does not affect the quality of the bait. It is better to choose a container made of soft plastic for kneading gypsum. This will simplify and speed up the process of removing residues from it.

materials

As for the material, for the petals of the "cicada" you will need sheet metal. Ideal for copper or brass. They are better processed. The thickness of the sheet should be between 0.4 and 0.8 mm. A thicker lobe will play poorly during wiring, and a thin one may not withstand the load. Galvanized tin is also used, which fades over time, which is well suited for catching fish in clear water. Very bright petals in this case can scare away the fish. It is important not to damage the galvanization during the manufacturing process of the "cicada". If this happens, then it is necessary to polish the petal very well, then it will practically not rust when used.

To make cargo for future bait, you will need lead. It is better to choose soft, with antimony in the composition. It will be easier to work with him. The cable sheath is made from this material. You can also take lead from the battery. It is important to follow basic safety precautions while working. You will also need any plasticine. An exact copy of the "cicada" will be made from it.

As for the gypsum, it will be used to make a mold for casting the future bait. You can use dry building mixes based on gypsum. They are more durable, although they take much longer to dry. A well-dried mold is enough to cast several dozen "cicadas".

Manufacturing process

Spinner "cicada" consists of petals. We draw them, transfer them to a sheet of metal. Cut out. We process the edges with a file. This petal is used to make others. Then plasticine is taken and a ball is molded from it, in the middle of which you need to stick a petal and shape it. This is done with a knife and a chisel. We achieve an exact copy of the "cicada".

Now we need to make a form. To do this, pour diluted gypsum into the prepared box. You need to fill exactly half. Mark inside the container in advance with a marker or pencil. Gypsum is diluted to the consistency of thick sour cream. A copy of the "cicada" is oiled (vegetable will do) and pressed halfway into the mixture. Equipping the form with guides will facilitate alignment. For this, bulges of the same material, balls or metal pins can be used.

We leave to dry for several hours if gypsum is used, but if a dry mixture, then the drying time will be much longer. Then the surface of the mold and the "cicada" is again lubricated with oil and the second half is poured. Now you need to dry the product completely. This will take several days. If the form has become light, white, there is a ringing upon impact - this means that it is completely dry.

Then we draw petals on the metal, cut them out, clamp several pieces in a vice and drill holes for the load in them, grind them, grind them with sandpaper (for this we go from coarse-grained to fine-grained paper), polish to a shine. Can be done with a hacksaw. This is necessary for reliable fastening of the load to the petal. We drill several holes for the carabiner (1-3 pcs.), which will make it easy to change the angle of inclination and the frequency of vibrations during wiring. Then, after the mold has dried, we separate it and make a sprue and a channel with a knife so that air comes out. It is needed to completely fill the form with lead.

When everything is ready, we start casting. Before starting work, it is desirable to warm up the form. We insert the petal and fill it with lead. Better to do it outside. You have to be extremely careful. A couple of minutes, and the "cicada" is ready. We take out. You can move on to the next one.

Prepare all the petals, and then 20 baits are easy to cast in half an hour. After processing with a knife, the cicada spinner is ready for use. If desired, polish with GOI paste. Equip double with stingers up. All. The product is now complete. Such a bait is practically not hooked. The result is a beautiful "cicada" spinner (photo shown). The work of the bait can be checked in the bathroom. Now on the water!