Stewart Spoon Question for the Tyee Experts

[Mako 22]

Found a Clendon Stewart No. 8. Shown with a Gibbs No 7.

Note the lack of a swivel.

Bothered me for a moment, then I googled a bit and found this thread where it was mentioned the action would be speeded up if you removed the swivel.
https://www.sportfishingbc.com/foru...ial-spoons-the-theory-behind-their-use.65423/

From the looks of the wear on the hole, this one had a lot of wiggles:

So maybe removing the swivel was a Highliner's secret.

Comments!?

 

[tubber]

I'm going to guess it didn't catch at the speed a commercial troller fished, so he cut off the swivel and fished it a lot. He made piles of money, sold his boat for a good price in 1983, then retired to Hawaii. Then the spoon sat in a sportfisher's tackle box until 2010 and he or she caught many fish when the pilchards were thick that summer. Then you found it at a thrift shop.

Mine have swivels.

 

[dmurph]

I'm going to guess it didn't catch at the speed a commercial troller fished, so he cut off the swivel and fished it a lot. He made piles of money, sold his boat for a good price in 1983, then retired to Hawaii. Then the spoon sat in a sportfisher's tackle box until 2010 and he or she caught many fish when the pilchards were thick that summer. Then you found it at a thrift shop.

Mine have swivels.

Awesome

 

[triplenickel]

I'm going to guess it didn't catch at the speed a commercial troller fished, so he cut off the swivel and fished it a lot. He made piles of money, sold his boat for a good price in 1983, then retired to Hawaii. Then the spoon sat in a sportfisher's tackle box until 2010 and he or she caught many fish when the pilchards were thick that summer. Then you found it at a thrift shop.

Mine have swivels.

Somebody will be along to debate that soon enough.

 

[Brian]

Having worked on a troller for years, I can't imagine anyone deliberately putting it in the water without a swivel. I suspect it got removed at some point after it was retired. It would be lost very quickly with the first dogfish rigged like that.

 

[Mako 22]

High speed trolling, sounds like fun. Break out the 20 pound cannonballs for the downrigger.

I played on a 47 foot troller way back in abut 1979. Spent a week trying to learn to not get seasick. The stabilizers helped! had to remember to deploy them though. Captain finally booted me.

This boat fished Tomics, Hot Spot Flashers & hoochies, sometimes whole herring behind a flasher. Not too much spoon use except for a Tom Mack or two in the spreads.

Having worked on a troller for years, I can't imagine anyone deliberately putting it in the water without a swivel. I suspect it got removed at some point after it was retired. It would be lost very quickly with the first dogfish rigged like that.

My guess is the swivel was a bunch of green corrosion and it was clipped.

The spoon was nearly black when I got it. Its new home will be in one of my shadow boxes on the wall.

 

[sasqman]

1979 was a great year!!

 

[CRGreg]

The Clendon is quite different action than the Stewart. Your #7 is what is referred to as an Improved Stewart. I generally fish my spoons in the pool with a Quick Change so I can easily switch spoons while fishing. Using a high quality Quick Change allows me to attach right to the Spoon Ring. Your Spoon certainly has some wear ! I would imagine its caught some fish. What did you polish it with ? Its all scratched up.. Throw away the Steel wool and get some PEAK or Flitz polish, It does a much nicer job and wont ruin the finish.

CR Greg