Thanks for the reply folks looks like I will have a busy winter building lures
For pike, it looks like I'll be building it off a #8 or 9 blade the bender out of the box only can only bend .041 wire and it seems the musky folks like .051. There is a conversion kit for the heavier wire but since I am not making musky sized lures maybe it's not needed.
Knocking off Mepps or rooster tails seems to be, buy the components off of the chart, and you are set.