Making / rebuilding worn harness'

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I put a crawler on em just like a harness, run them with about a 4 ft leader to an inline. I run these just like a harness, .8 to 1.8 mph. So far .9 to 1.2 seems best. Crawler harnesses on one side of the boat, these on the other side. Usually the first 9 to 10 fish come on the spoon harness and I'll end up leaving one harness out on a bouncer and everything else is spoon harness. I've tried a lot of other spoon harness combinations over the years and never had success like this. A friend who passed is the one who told me about putting the beads between the two the hooks and keeping the crawler close as possible to the spoon. I believe the crimps are plastic .043 or .046, I'd have to go look, I use #17 test mono. I've used coated cable in place of the mono but prefer the mono as the cable can get kinked. Just snell your hooks as you would for a crawler harness and crimp it to the spoon snap ring. I must have 40 or 50 set up. They store nicely, don't wear out like a regular harness from the blade spinning against the beads, best of all the walleye seem to love em. Oh and notice I have these in 3 sizes of spoons and they all work.