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I have been tying crawler harnesses with 20# Monofilament, 20# Fluorocarbon, and then 20# Fluorocarbon  Leader Material.  Now I have started using 20 Nylon-Coated Leader Wire .024 just for some new idea.  These are strictly trolling harnesses and I don’t know how they will work but they look cool.  I am getting some paint work done on some more parts to make some more with color.  The spoon is a Peerless Predator honeycomb copper plated Wide Glide spoon length 3.5”/width .875" and the blade is Peerless Predator honeycomb copper plated Colorado blade - Size #6.  On each side of the spoon is a #2 ball barring swivel.  There should be no line twist with this setup just hope they catch some fish.  The hooks are #2 Gamakatsu Octopus Hooks and a #4 Gamakatsu Round Bend Treble Hooks.  Can't wait to give them a try.

Those harnesses look nice; thank you for sharing the picture. You'll have to let us know how they work. Do you normally run trebles on the rear hook with harnesses? Do you find that you get better hook-ups with them? How do you attach crawlers to them and do they snag weeds and rocks easier?

I am also curious about snagging problems with a treble at the rear position. On some waters here in Il a quick set rig is required with baits over about 6" and this rig uses a treble hook at the tail of the bait. I have not heard of any problems but am curious. Tom

I always use a treble on the rear hook. I only use rigs like this in Lake Erie where there is little or no weed growth. You can always get snagged up on the bottom with any rig. The hook up is almost always on the rear treble usually two in the mouth. The crawler is hooked in the head on the single dip in the water to stretch the crawler then one hook from the treble in the crawler with the line and crawler nice and strait. All my Lake Erie harnesses are done this way.