I like the soft jerk baits but don't like the casting distance and I love watching and hearing my lure work. So all year long I work the top, starting with one lure working down to my "go to" lure.

First let me say that there are a lot of you guys out there who worship Yozuri lures. The only thing they have ever caught for me, is me. They are so damn pretty you can't resist but I swear I have never even had a swat at them.

My first stop I throw my Skitterwalk, pearl white, redfish pattern, black over silver. I will move onto any of the Mirrolure "dog" patterns. They work great but in my opinion do not sit as high in the water as the skitterwalk and you tend to pick up more trash.

As I have mentioned I am good friends with the two boys who's dad started MirrorLure so every now and then I get to special order some colors and what they say about each lure being hand tested before packaged is true. I have watched the little old guy sit at a sauna type pool, pulling lure after lure and fine tuning as needed.

High Roller is the best kept secret on the market I think, truly a great lure but sometime hard to find.;

Last but not least if I am getting short strikes or not any strikes at all I got to my Pop-R. Black over silver with the red tail feather. I tie flies so I most often add that same feathered hook to most of my lures.

Last, last but not least if you asked me what color produces the most fish for me and give me confidence it is without a doubt Chartreuse and Black. I like the black body and green head but the reverse works as well. High roller and Mirrorlure both produce one.

Hope this helps.

c

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