FRESHWATER / SPOONS
A spoon is the oldest trick in the tackle box and still one of the most effective. Chrome, brass, holographic tape: they all do the same thing, flash like a wounded baitfish and trigger a predatory response from anything with eyes. Cast it, jig it, troll it.
ACME
Solid-brass spoon with a baitfish wobble and no line twist. It casts a mile, and the flash is visible from distance in stained water. Trout, bass, stripers all see it, and they all hate it.
LUHR JENSEN
Wide wobble, heavy flash, casts a mile. The Krocodile has been the go-to casting spoon for salmon, trout, and steelhead since before most anglers were born. Works in salt too.
JOHNSON
Weedless spoon that slides through lily pads and grass mats where bass hide and treble hooks die. Add a trailer and slow-roll it over the pads. The strikes are violent.
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