Whirly Bees - Anyone have experience fishing them?

[Timberwolf530]

I was ordering some Slider stuff from Charlie Brewer, and saw the Whirly Bees on their website.  Kind of looks like a Beetle Spin with the spinner on the hook instead of on an arm.  Anyway, I heard that they're pretty popular down in Tenn for Smallies.  I ordered a handful to see what they were like, but haven't used them yet.  Anyone have experience with these, how, when, where to fish them?  

[Mobasser]

My wife doesn't fish for bass, but goes crappie fishing with me each spring. She bought a whirly bee spinner last year at our local baitshop, and ended up catching several nice crappie on the bait. I ordered her a couple more about a month ago. It's a good all around lure to throw. Almost anything will hit them. She just used a cast and slow reel retrieve.

[scaleface]

I use to make them for fishing below dams in current .Caught lots of different species with them including smallmouth and largemouth . 

 

 

[OkobojiEagle]

I tie a hair jig fashioned after a Whirly Bee, as well as one tied on a RoadRunner.  Both fish very similarly but the Whirly Bee is a slightly smaller pattern.  Frankly, I use them more often when targeting walleye in current areas.  I always have a few in my jig head box.  I had to develop a technique to tie the spinner on so it wouldn't foul in the hook when cast which was a far too common occurrence.

 

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