The best of both worlds

[Botanophilia]

We find a lot of pike and musky with in line spinners, even small ones.  They eventually destroy the hackle, and I think that wouldn't be any different if it was on the wire vs on the hook.  I tie to the hook, usually by the time the hackle is bad so is the hook.  Easy enough to tie up a new one for me.  I have a box of just misc mepps style inlines.  They catch fish.  Might be a sin to say here, but I'd probably take inlines over soft plastics if I had to choose. 

[Partycrasher]

Those look great!!!

For something different there are a couple Do-It molds that also make great spinner bodies.  The Slip Jig mold makes a great little pear shaped body (remove the collar part).  The small bottom bouncer mold makes nice little bodies.  And the Worm sinker make a nice little spinner body.

Many many years ago I found an OLD Ament mold that makes two sizes of "Abu" bodies.  Its crude and flashes a little but it makes a perfect body for #3, 4, 5 French blades.  I'd like Do-It to make that one.  With ne new powder paints you can even paint them transparent gold, chrome, or new penny and it's like having a brass or plated body.  Brass spinner bodies are getting stupid in cost these days.

[Muskygary]

Ive always used the in line spinner for white bass on Kentucky lake. You can cast them a mile and catch a fish on every cast when your on the whites.

[efishnc]

For something different there are a couple Do-It molds that also make great spinner bodies.  The Slip Jig mold makes a great little pear shaped body (remove the collar part). 

I use the slip jig with the collar facing up for tying buck tail bodies... the closer your wraps get to the main body, the more flare you achieve.