Did the all-important fishing test today and this fly is awesome. It goes crazy in the water; twisting, flashing, cutting side to side. It didn’t twist the leader however. I guess it must rotate then counter-rotate enough to keep things about even. I might still fish it on a swivel for a true spinner action.
The irony is, the fly is so light, you could actually use this technique to make a spinner bait-type fly. Someone ought to try that.
Zach