Collection: Rooster Tails

The Worden’s Rooster Tail is one of the most iconic and consistently productive inline spinners ever made — a classic design that has been catching trout, bass, perch, and panfish for over 60 years. The Rooster Tail’s distinctive hackle tail pulsates and breathes with lifelike action on every retrieve, while the spinning blade creates flash and vibration that attracts fish from a distance. Simple to fish, deadly effective, and available in dozens of colors and sizes, the Rooster Tail belongs in every Western Colorado angler’s tackle box.

Why Rooster Tails Work in Colorado

Colorado’s rivers, streams, and reservoirs hold a diverse mix of trout species — rainbow, brown, cutthroat, brook, and lake trout — and the Rooster Tail produces on all of them. In rivers and streams, cast across the current and retrieve at a steady pace to keep the blade spinning and the hackle pulsating — the combination of flash, vibration, and lifelike tail action triggers strikes from trout that are holding in current seams, behind boulders, and in pocket water. In reservoirs, vary your retrieve speed and depth to find where fish are holding and what speed triggers the most strikes.

Rooster Tail Sizes & Colors

Rooster Tails are available in sizes from 1/16 oz for small stream trout to 1/2 oz and larger for reservoir fishing and bigger species. Color selection is key — natural colors like brown trout and rainbow trout patterns excel in clear water, while brighter colors like chartreuse, orange, and hot pink produce in stained water or low-light conditions. Our staff can recommend the right size and color for the specific waters you’re fishing.

Stop in at 831 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, CO or call (970) 945-1060 for Rooster Tail recommendations for your local waters.