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“What makes a great fishing lure?”<\/p>\n
That’s a question that should have been easy to answer. At least, I thought it was when a non-angling friend saw me staring intently at my opened tackle box. “What’s your favorite lure in there?”, he asked. I took a moment to open a few compartments in my tackle box and scratch my head inquisitively.<\/p>\n
“That would have to be…umm…this blue jointed rapala right here!”, I victoriously replied.<\/p>\n
Then he asked, “Why?”<\/p>\n
Again, this seemed like a simple answer and told him it was because it catches fish on a regular basis. He seemed satisfied with my answer and we moved on to another topic of discussion. After he left, I returned my gaze upon my tackle box and put back my ‘greatest’ lure back in its compartment. I snickered to myself as I recalled the last time I had used it and how it had almost hooked my fishing partner’s right ear.<\/p>\n
Then, I saw a rusted out ‘Williams’ in the far recesses of my tackle compartments. It was the one my grandpa used the last time we went fishing together. I paused to remember the adventure behind that lure and smiled.<\/p>\n
After I put the rusted spoon back in it’s spot, I quickly saw a faded orange panther martin spinner with white spots on the spinner from the huge pike teeth that ravaged it when I was a kid.<\/p>\n
As I moved from lure to lure it dawned on me how poorly I had answered my friend’s questions.<\/p>\n
Lures are not great because of the number of fishing attracting surfaces it has. Its greatness does not come from the flecks of paint, the wads of hair, or a unique action.<\/p>\n
A lure is great because of the memory attached to it.<\/p>\n
As you know, memories last forever and are worth more then anything a Bass Pro catalogue can publish for you. Remember that the next time you are staring dumbfounded in your favorite fishing store’s aisle. You are staring at a wall of potential memory makers.<\/p>\n
Take a deep breath, pick something and get ready. Feel free to start with a blue jointed Rapala. It has great potential.<\/p>\n
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