04-06-2009, 10:41 PM
[cool][#0000ff]The white ones in the pics are ALL WHITE...with diamond dust glitter. They really have a shadlike appearance. There are times when all white out produces dark back patterns. If you look closely at small shad, they really do not have DARK backs. It is usually anywhere from pale olive to light blue. But, a dark back on a white or silver body creates highly visible CONTRAST...a "trigger"...especially in low light or stained water. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, I also make them with black, dark blue, light blue, purple and red backs. The old Producer Lure color of chartreuse back over white or chrome is also effective at times. Depending upon water clarity, temperature and light conditions those wascally wipers sometimes will hit one color well and will ignore something close but not exactly the same. I know you have experienced that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As you can also see in the pics I add silver hologram prism tape to a lot of those lures. When it is bright and clear, the prism tape models "flash them in" from greater distances.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]This time of year, when the water is colder and the fish are slower, the fire tiger and chartreuse colors seem to get more hits than the shad look alikes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, coincidentally, the all white patterns are sometimes the best for walleyes this early.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Always best to go with a whole arsenal. Like they say about raincoats..."Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, I also make them with black, dark blue, light blue, purple and red backs. The old Producer Lure color of chartreuse back over white or chrome is also effective at times. Depending upon water clarity, temperature and light conditions those wascally wipers sometimes will hit one color well and will ignore something close but not exactly the same. I know you have experienced that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As you can also see in the pics I add silver hologram prism tape to a lot of those lures. When it is bright and clear, the prism tape models "flash them in" from greater distances.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]This time of year, when the water is colder and the fish are slower, the fire tiger and chartreuse colors seem to get more hits than the shad look alikes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, coincidentally, the all white patterns are sometimes the best for walleyes this early.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Always best to go with a whole arsenal. Like they say about raincoats..."Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."[/#0000ff]
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