Mepps Aglia B2 S vs Panther Martin PMISR 4

Buy the Mepps Aglia plain treble in silver, model B2 S, when you want the size 2 French spinner whose description pairs size 2 with 1/6 ounce. Buy the Panther Martin inline-swivel regular in gold, model PMISR_4_G, when you want the size 4 the card prints as 1/8 ounce, with the swivel already on the shaft. They are both treble-hook spinners for a creek. They are not the same weight, and they are not the same blade.

Short version. Ten-pound mono is heavier than the line this description wants on a size 0, and it is still a light fill for a size 2. A size 25 spinning reel is the ordinary creek reel. A 3.5-inch minnow is a different retrieve. The lure box keeps the treble off the line in the pack. Read B2 S or PMISR_4_G before you click a different size in the same family.

The Mepps card opened here is brand Mepps, manufacturer Mepps and Sheldons Inc., model B2 S, manufacturer part B2 S, UPC 022141003634. The title reads Sheldons Aglia, plain treble, silver, 2 (B2 S). The size field says 2. The hook-type field says plain treble. The color field says Multi, which is not the word Silver in the title. Open the bag. If the blade is silver and the card says B2 S, you have the lure the title named. If the blade is gold, copper, or a painted pattern, you bought a different Aglia even when the family name still says Aglia.

The description is the part that sizes the lure. It says plain treble Aglias in size 0, at 1/12 ounce, are for panfish and small stream trout, on line nothing heavier than six-pound-test, and that two-pound to four-pound is better. It then says sizes 1 and 2, written as 1/8 and 1/6 ounce in that order, are for larger stream trout and large bluegills, sunfish, and crappies. Size 3, at 1/4 ounce, is the sentence for smallmouth and walleye. Model B2 S is the size 2 in that list, so the description's pair puts it at 1/6 ounce. The item-weight cell prints 27.22 g. One-sixth of an ounce is a few grams, not 27. The dimension cell prints 1 by 1 by 1 inch. A spinner is not a cube. Ignore both cells. Match B2 S and look at the blade.

The Panther Martin card is model PMISR_4_G, manufacturer part PMISR_4_G, UPC 023634352178. The size field prints 4 (1/8 oz). The color field says Gold. The hook type says treble. The style says Inline Swivel Regular. The item-weight cell prints 3.67 g, which sits next to a 1/8-ounce lure instead of sitting in shipping-box territory. The dimension cell prints 1.95 by 0.7 by 0.45 inches. The included-components line says Inline Swivel Regualr Gold, with the spelling the card actually uses. The material-type cell says Adult, which is not a metal. The warranty line says one year. The bullets say the swivel is built in a straight line on the shaft, so you do not tie on a separate swivel, and that the point is less water resistance and less weed snag than a double-eyelet swivel hanging above the lure.

Mepps model B2 S. Panther Martin model PMISR_4_G. A size 0 Aglia, a size 3 Aglia, or a Panther Martin size 6 is a different cast.

Who should buy the Aglia, and who should buy the inline Panther Martin?

Buy B2 S if you want the silver size 2 plain treble the title names, and you have looked at the blade because the color cell says Multi. The description puts size 2 with larger stream trout and big panfish, not with the size 0 that wants two-pound line. A light spinning rod and a reel already filled with six-pound or eight-pound mono will throw it. A baitcaster filled with braid will throw it too, and then the treble will twist that braid into a mess the first time the blade spins. This is a spinning lure.

Buy PMISR_4_G if you want the gold size 4 at 1/8 ounce and you are tired of tying a swivel above every spinner. The card's point is the swivel on the shaft. One-eighth ounce is lighter than the Aglia description's 1/6 ounce for size 2. On a still day over a shallow run, the lighter lure ticks the surface more and sinks slower. On a windy bank, the heavier Aglia casts farther. Neither card prints a cast-distance number. The weights are the difference you can check before you leave the shop.

Do not buy either lure because the family name caught fish for a friend. Aglia is a family. B2 S is this silver size 2 plain treble. Panther Martin regular is a family. PMISR_4_G is this gold size 4 with the inline swivel. A dressed Aglia, a single-hook Panther Martin, and a three-pack of a larger teardrop are different purchases even when the brand matches. Do not buy a size 2 to replace a spoon you already trust in deep water. A blade this light is a creek and a shoreline, not a trolling weight.

What the size 2 Aglia is actually for

The description's useful sentence is the size chart, not the trophy claim. Size 0 at 1/12 ounce is the small-stream lure, and the same paragraph tells you to stay at or under six-pound line. Size 2, paired with 1/6 ounce, is the next step: trout that have left the tiny water, and bluegills and crappies large enough to eat a blade. Size 3 at 1/4 ounce is where the paragraph moves to smallmouth and walleye. If the fish you want are in that size 3 sentence, B2 S is the lighter lure, not the one the paragraph named for them.

The 27.22 g cell will mislead a reorder. It is heavier than the lure the description just sized. The 1-inch cube will not help you compare it to the Panther Martin's 1.95-inch dimension line either. The UPC 022141003634, next to B2 S, is the number to photograph. A low-vis or a hot-color Aglia in size 2 can share the B2 prefix and still be a different blade. The title of this card says silver. The color cell says Multi. The blade in the bag is the color you own.

Do: tie it to a snap only if the snap is small enough that the blade still starts on the first turn of the handle. Don't: add a heavy swivel and a leader so long that the lure never swims under the rod tip. Don't: assume a size 1 in the same brand is the same cast. The description splits 1/8 ounce and 1/6 ounce across sizes 1 and 2. Don't: set the drag at the line's printed break. The treble fails at the knot, or the line fails at a nick, before the blade fails.

What the size 4 inline Panther Martin is actually for

The bullets are about the swivel, not about a new species list. Brook trout through panfish show up in the species line, which is a catalog of water where a sonic spinner has been used, not a promise that one gold blade covers muskie and bluegill on the same morning. The size field is the constraint: 4, and 1/8 ounce. That is a light cast. The inline swivel is the reason to pick this model instead of a classic Panther Martin that still wants a swivel tied on the line. If the lure you unpack has a split ring and no swivel on the shaft, it is not PMISR_4_G even when the blade is gold and the card still says Panther Martin.

The 3.67 g cell is close enough to 1/8 ounce that you can treat it as the lure, then put the lure on a scale if a tournament stickler cares about a tenth of a gram. Do not treat the Mepps 27.22 g cell the same way. The one-year warranty line is a maker claim. It does not cover a treble you bent on a rock, and it does not cover a blade you repainted. The typo in the included-components line, Regualr, is the card's spelling. It is not a second model.

Do: check that the swivel spins freely before the first cast, and that the clevis, if you can see one, is not cracked. Don't: tie a second swivel two inches up the line and then blame the lure when the cast dies. The card's point is that you can skip that swivel. Don't: fish it on wire. A short bite leader for pike is a different piece of tackle, and it changes the light cast this 1/8 ounce was bought for. Don't: reorder a size 6 because the brand matched. The size field on this card is 4.

How to fish either spinner on a creek

Start with the reel you already own. A President size 25 lists a short retrieve and light line. That is the cast for both of these lures. A 2500 holds more line and still throws an eighth of an ounce if the rod is not a broomstick. Ten-pound mono is thicker than the six-pound ceiling the Mepps description prints for a size 0. On a size 2 or a size 4 it will turn the blade over, and it will cost you distance. Six-pound or eight-pound fresh mono is the fill that matches the paragraph. Spool it wet. Leave a lip.

Cast across and slightly upstream. Let the blade sink a count or two, then start a retrieve just fast enough that you feel the throb. If you do not feel it, the blade is not spinning, the lure is fouled with weed, or you are reeling so slowly the blade stalls. Speed up before you change lures. A spinner that helicoptered into a tree is a knot problem or a rod that is too soft to load an eighth of an ounce, not a reason to jump to a half-ounce spoon.

The treble is the other half of the morning. Pinch the barbs if the water requires it, and know that a pinched barb lets a fish throw the hook on a slack line. Check the points after every rock. A rolled point still flashes and no longer hooks. Retie when the mono shows a curl at the eye. A small box with the hooks seated in the foam keeps the treble out of the leader in the pack. A loose spinner in a jacket pocket catches the jacket.

What actually fails on these two spinners

The reorder fails first. B2 S is the silver size 2 plain treble, UPC 022141003634. PMISR_4_G is the gold size 4 inline swivel, UPC 023634352178. An Aglia in a different color, a dressed blade, or a size 3 is not this Mepps card. A Panther Martin fly pattern, a single hook, or a size 2 at 1/16 ounce is not this Panther Martin card. The Mepps color cell says Multi while the title says silver. Look at the blade. The Panther Martin material cell says Adult. Ignore it.

The cast fails next. Overline the reel with heavy mono and the light lure will not leave the tip. Underfill and a fish that runs will find the arbor knot. A swivel you added above the Panther Martin, after buying it specifically to avoid that swivel, shortens the cast and picks up more moss. A snap that is larger than the lure's eye lets the blade foul on the cast. Twist fails when you reel a stalled blade. If the line coils, stop, let the lure hang, and let it spin the twist out, or cut back to fresh line.

The other failure is using either spinner where a minnow plug or a braid-and-jig was the point. A floating minnow suspends and twitches. These blades need forward motion to spin. Thirty-pound braid is the line for cover, not for a size 2 Aglia in a creek. If the job is punching pads, this pair is the wrong errand. If the job is a run, a tailout, or a bluegill dock on a spinning rod, a size 2 or a size 4 spinner is the ordinary lure.

What this comparison is not

It is not a fly, a spoon, a crankbait, or a live-bait rig. It is not the reel, and it is not the line, though both have to be light enough for the weight the cards actually print. It is not a single-hook rule for a water that requires one. It is not a promise that the 27.22 g cell is the Aglia. It is not a promise that Multi and Silver are the same blade. It is not a muskie lure because a species list named muskie. The size lines are 1/6 ounce and 1/8 ounce.

It is not a reason to own six sizes before you have fished one morning on one of them. Start with the model on the label you can see. Leave the other sizes in the shop until a fish has short-struck the one you tied on, or until the water is too deep for the weight you already own.

So which spinner should you buy?

Buy the Mepps Aglia, model B2 S, when you want the silver size 2 plain treble, UPC 022141003634, and you accept the description that pairs size 2 with 1/6 ounce. Ignore the 27.22 g cell and the 1-inch cube, and look at the blade because the color cell says Multi. Buy the Panther Martin, model PMISR_4_G, when you want the gold size 4 the card prints at 1/8 ounce, UPC 023634352178, with the swivel already on the shaft. Fish either one on light mono and a spinning reel. The model on the card is the lure you own.