OVER the years spinnerbaits have strolled the evolutionary road of change, slowly tinkered to the point where they are now one of the best big cod lures on the market.

Their predecessors, the old-fashioned aeroplane spinners, were once deemed king of cod lures.

Talks with a fisherman many years my senior and very knowledgeable on the workings of the Murray River revealed his liking for the old l...