Wire baits: Inline spinners

A blade turns on a clevis around a straight wire shaft, ahead of a weighted body and a treble. Small, flashy and effective on almost every fish that eats minnows.

ItemDetail
ExamplesMepps Aglia, Rooster Tail
Weight1/16–1/2 oz (1.8–14 g), size #0–#5
WhereRivers and current, small water, clear water; all seasons
RetrieveSlow and steady, just enough to spin the blade
DressingHair or feather; bucktail for pike
Rod / line6'6"–7' (1.98–2.13 m) ML–M spinning, 6–10 lb; a swivel stops line twist
SpeciesTrout, smallmouth bass, walleye, pike, panfish

It is not weedless: keep it for open water and current. Twisted line means no swivel or a retrieve that is too fast.

Top 10 in four markets

United States

  1. Yakima Bait Original Rooster Tail — $5.19. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #1; 1/8, 1/6, 1/4 oz (3.5, 4.7, 7 g); the 1950s inline spinner: blade on a straight shaft, weighted cylindrical body, hackle tail
  2. Panther Martin Classic Inline Spinner — $4.47 - $6.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #2; 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 oz (1.8, 3.5, 7, 10.6, 14 g); convex/concave blade threaded directly on the shaft (no clevis); trout to bass
  3. Strike King Bitsy Spinner — $4.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #3; 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 oz (1.8, 3.5, 7, 10.6 g); inline spinner with an ultra-soft hackle feather tail; multi-species
  4. Mepps Dressed Aglia Inline Spinner — $6.49 - $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #4; 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 oz (3.5, 7, 14 g); the Aglia blade on a clevis with a hand-tied bucktail treble and red turkey-quill attractor
  5. Blue Fox Whip Tail Deep Runner Inline Spinner — $2.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #5; 1/8, 1/4 oz (3.5, 7 g); tubular-body inline spinner with a 30-degree blade and dressed VMC treble
  6. Yakima Bait Joe Thomas Pro Series Rooster Tail — $9.19. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #6; 1/2, 3/4 oz (14, 21 g); heavier Rooster Tail with a hackle-and-tinsel tail and pre-sharpened hook
  7. Mepps Black Fury Inline Spinner — $6.49 - $8.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #7; 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 oz (7, 9.5, 14 g); Black Fury blade that spins tight to the body for shallow to mid depths
  8. Berkley Dough Rider Minnow Inline Spinner — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #8; 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 oz (1.8, 3.5, 7, 10.6 g); minnow-body inline spinner with a Scent Vent pocket for PowerBait dough
  9. Hildebrandt Snagless Sally — $10.59 - $11.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #9; 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 oz (7, 10.6, 14 g); inline spinner with a Colorado blade up front and a stand-up weedguard on a wide-gap hook; 5.0/5 avg (1 reviews)
  10. Mepps Aglia Marabou Inline Spinner — $6.79 - $8.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Inline Spinners' (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #10; 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 oz (3.5, 7, 14 g); Aglia blade with a hand-tied marabou tail and red turkey quill

Canada

  1. Mepps Aglia (plain treble) — C$6.49–C$8.99. anglingsports.ca 'Steelheading Casting Spoons / Inline Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #1 of 69; fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #1 of 19; #0 – #5; the original French inline spinner
  2. Mepps Aglia Dressed — C$11.99–C$14.49. anglingsports.ca 'Steelheading Casting Spoons / Inline Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #2 of 69; fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #2 of 19; #1 – #5; Aglia with a dressed treble
  3. Mepps Black Fury (plain treble) — C$6.49–C$8.99. anglingsports.ca 'In-Line Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #3 of 36; fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #11 of 19; #0 – #4; black-blade Aglia-style spinner
  4. Mepps Black Fury Dressed — C$9.49–C$12.99. anglingsports.ca 'In-Line Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #4 of 36; fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #9 of 19; #1 – #4; black-blade spinner with dressed treble
  5. Thundermist Stingeye Spinner — C$6.99–C$13.99. anglingsports.ca 'In-Line Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #5 of 36; fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #5 of 19; 1/8 – 1/2 oz; Canadian-made inline spinner with a weighted eye body
  6. Blue Fox Classic Vibrax #3 — C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'Steelheading Casting Spoons / Inline Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #11 of 69; fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #6 of 19; #3 / 1/4 oz; two-part body with a vibrating bell
  7. Worden's Original Rooster Tail (single hook) — C$5.49. fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #3 of 19; single store, position 3; 1/16 – 1/4 oz; hackle-tail inline spinner
  8. Danielson Niagara Spin — C$2.49. anglingsports.ca 'Steelheading Casting Spoons / Inline Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #17 of 69; single store, position 17; 1/8 – 3/8 oz; budget inline spinner
  9. Mepps Aglia Long — C$10.99–C$14.49. fishingworld.ca 'SPINNERS' collection, best-selling sort #7 of 19; anglingsports.ca 'In-Line Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #15 of 36; #0 – #3; willow-blade Aglia
  10. Panther Martin Classic Teardrop Spinner — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'In-Line Spinners' collection, best-selling sort #18 of 36; fishingworld.ca carries it (found by store search only, not placed in any best-selling collection); 1/16 – 1/4 oz; through-blade teardrop spinner

Japan

  1. Smith AR-S Spinner Trout — ¥648 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #1; 14mm / 3.5g; 3.5 g #3 ARS-blade inline spinner
  2. Smith Niakis — ¥910 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #2; 12g / 70mm / 39mm; inline spinner with heavy body
  3. DUO Spearhead Ryuki Spinner — ¥743 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #4; 20mm / 5.0g; inline spinner with minnow body
  4. Mepps Aglia PTS Rouge — ¥660 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #5; 4.5g; classic French inline spinner
  5. Mepps Black Fury Jaune — ¥660 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #6; 6.5g; black-blade inline spinner
  6. Daiwa Silver Creek Spinner SS — ¥643 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #7; slow-sinking inline spinner
  7. Daiwa Bretton #3-D — ¥610 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #8; 7g; classic Bretton inline spinner
  8. Daiwa Silver Creek Spinner — ¥594 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #9; inline spinner
  9. Mepps Aglia — ¥550 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #10; 6.5g; the original Aglia inline spinner
  10. Jackson Buggy Spinner — ¥773 (naturum list price). naturum 'スピナー' (Spinners, trout hard lures) category, best-selling sort #13; 31.5mm / 3g; 3 g front-cup-blade inline spinner

China

  1. Daiwa 达亿瓦 SILVER CREEK 银溪飞旋 旋转亮片 (inline spinner) — ¥20 / item. Taobao list page 'inline spinner' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 2 of 20; shop daiwa达亿瓦官方旗舰店. Position 2 of the inline spinner list (also position 1 of spinnerbait): the Silver Creek inline spinner, French blade on a straight shaft; listing photo used as is.
  2. 川威旗舰店 名犀 远投旋转亮片 电镀抽心 (inline spinner) — ¥42 / item. Taobao list page 'inline spinner' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 15 of 20; shop 川威旗舰店. Long-cast inline spinner with a big gold blade and feathered treble; listing photo used as is.
  3. FishKing 旋转亮片 #5 (Mepps 型) — ¥8.5 / item. Taobao list page 'meppsblade' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 2 of 20; shop 义西渔人. Mepps-style inline spinner, size 5; listing photo used as is.
  4. 苦茶加蜜 (shop) 水滴尖形 Mepps 型 彩色转片 旋转亮片 — ¥4.8 / item. Taobao list page 'meppsblade' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 5 of 20; shop 苦茶加蜜. Aglia-style inline spinner with a pointed teardrop blade; cropped, header removed.
  5. 潮汕甘货店 (shop) 水滴圆形 Mepps 型 铜坠 旋转亮片 — ¥5.5 / item. Taobao list page 'meppsblade' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 6 of 20; shop 潮汕甘货店. Aglia-style inline spinner with a round blade and brass body; cropped, header removed.

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