Skinner was the weight of the lure. “A lot of buzzbaits are designed for shallow water,” he recalled. “I worked with Picasso, because I needed something heavier - something that went all the way up to one oz.
Being a regular at the big clear water fisheries of Havasu, Mead and Mohave drove Skinner to seek out a heavier buzzbait. “I need something that can cover water quick, cast a mile and also combat the wind,” said Skinner. “Anyone that has tried to fish a buzzbait in the wind knows what a nightmare that can be. With a one ounce buzzbait, you can successfully fish it in the windy conditions and that was one thing missing in other buzz baits.”
Skinner’s double buzzer may be heavy, but he insists it doesn’t sink like a rock. “A lot of people think the Buzz Saw will be hard to keep on the surface, but that’s not the fact,” he stated. “The way that Picasso made the counter rotating blades and the way that the bait is configured, you can empty your spool and with only one or two turns of the handle that thing is up on top.”
His design also included a double buzzer for enhanced drawing power. “When the fish are feeding upwards, it can draw them up from water as deep as 20 ft,” revealed Skinner. “Also bigger fish seem to be attracted to the double buzzer. A single buzz is just more subtle.”
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