I recall the first time I fished firetiger-pattern Bomber Model As and Long As in the early 1980s. So goes the crankbait biz.”Ībout 40 years ago, one of the original extreme crankbait colors came to pass. When we retired the color for good, we still got calls from fishermen who never forgave us.
In the end, a grand total of six people bought 100 Texas Red baits. Some fishermen pleaded with us to put the color back in the lineup, which we finally did. “Eventually, demand faded and we discontinued it.
“Post-tournament hype spurred a big demand and we sold a ton of Texas Red Ripsticks.
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“I remember when a Texas Red Reef Runner Ripstick won an early Professional Walleye Trail tournament-a muddy-water event on the Great Lakes,” he says. “But other than the classics, many hot colors eventually fade into oblivion. “One man’s bargain bin is another man’s goldmine,” he says. Scott Stecher, owner of Reef Runner Fishing Lures, knows the quirky, persnickety nature of the walleye lure consumer. But other factors being equal, color can become the trump card, often the best way to separate yourself from the pack. I suspect much of the lures’ appeal stemmed from their proven, dead-on shape, action, and vibration. Fish took cracks at most of these patterns, even the wildly colored, obnoxious ones. Each time a new Shad Rap, Hot ‘N Tot or ThunderStick color appeared on the pegs, we couldn’t help ourselves. There was a time when friends and I went cuckoo for crankbait colors.
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