01 / 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
Six bucks of chrome-plated brass that catches everything with fins. Cast it, jig it, or troll it: the Kastmaster doesn't care about your technique, it just flashes and fish show up.
ACME
Holographic tape on a Kastmaster body. 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.
FIELD JOURNAL
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