OK Gang,
If you were going to pick out your favorite spinnerbug, what would you buy?  Blade combination and skirt color.  I know this is a very general question, and there are so many different styles and colors for any given situation, but, based on your personal preference, what would they be?

I am starting to throw these more and I prefer the Strike King premier elites in 3/8th oz.
I throw the chartreuse/white with the willow/small colo. blades in silver/ chrome and the blue / white sparkle skirt same blades.

Another debate....

I like to pick my spinnerbaits depending on water clearity and fish activity. Also if you are targeting largemouth or smallies. Some work good for both in lakes where you have good numbers of both. If the fish will chase it down....double willowleaf that moves fast and is harder to get a good look at is my choice. In clearer water, whites and white-chartruese are good. 

In stained water I like bigger baits. You can use bigger blades to slow them down and add thump. In lakes with a lot of crappie for forage I like white with the striped black strands in the skirt. Single colorado blades work good in darker waters too. I have good luck with solid black in dark water too.

A good all around bait is a Terminator with a gold willow and a smaller silver colorado on the front.  I like gold blades more where there are perch and silver more where there are crappie.

I wouldn't get too hung up though...there are times where it doesn't seem to matter what you throw. I think it's more of find areas where a spinnerbait is more productive than other baits, such as riprap. Clicking a blade off riprap is deadly. Also when covering shallow flats..

I learned alot about spinnerbaits the last 2 years by experimenting and they are, to me, one of my best fish catchers throughout the year.

Burnt Musturd color.  Who the heck cooks their musturd, let alone burns it?  I don't think I have seen this color.  Now maybe a Parched orange or a nice sauteed yellow.

Rich

AaaHaaa...  that's why you keep saying "Iffin' it's smokin' it's cooking and iffin' it's black it's done!"

Rich

Auburn Sports and Marine has a great selection of spinnerbaits and tons of Strike King ones. They also have Boo-Yah, Leverage, Terminator and a few others.

I think there is a Sportsman's Warehouse in Seattle, but I haven't been there and can't speak for their selection.

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i checked out their website

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/stores_all.htm#wa

but there doesnt seem to be a seattle store.

Sportsman's Warehouse is building a new store in Federal Way.