Buzzbait blade cupping

[LrgmouthShad]

Hey ya’ll,

 

question for clarification. Was doing some reading and saw that people recommended cupping a buzzbait’s blades inward in order to allow the buzzbait go slower. Trying to get a visual sense of what they mean. So a buzzbait blade has opposing folds on either side of the blade. Looks like they are bent at about a 90 degree on most. So does ‘cupping’ inwards mean decreasing this angle to a lesser one? Like bending these opposing folds so they bend closer to the rest of the blade? So hard to explain what I mean in words. Hopefully ya’ll get it :).

[HaydenS]

2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Hey ya’ll,

 

question for clarification. Was doing some reading and saw that people recommended cupping a buzzbait’s blades inward in order to allow the buzzbait go slower. Trying to get a visual sense of what they mean. So a buzzbait blade has opposing folds on either side of the blade. Looks like they are bent at about a 90 degree on most. So does ‘cupping’ inwards mean decreasing this angle to a lesser one? Like bending these opposing folds so they bend closer to the rest of the blade? So hard to explain what I mean in words. Hopefully ya’ll get it :).

That's what I think when you say cupping it inwards.  I would think that folding the blades out would make the buzzbait go slower since there is more surface area that the blades catch.  

[keagbassr]

Yes you would want to increase the curl of the blade to 'grab' more water as it turns not bend them out.

[LrgmouthShad]

7 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Yes you would want to increase the curl of the blade to 'grab' more water as it turns not bend them out.

Thanks!

[Jigfishn10]

I remember a long time ago reading an article a Zell Rowland was explaining how he would cup the blades more. His technique was to use something like the diameter of a BIC pen. 

Ya know, I don't even know if those pens are still being made?