96 CASTING TACKLE AND METHODS 



class magazine. The enamel should be of the best 

 quality, two or three coats, baked in. A second 

 quality lure soon cracks and chips. I have lures in 

 my tackle-box which have withstood three seasons of 

 strenuous casting I require service from my 

 "plugs" while others have chipped the first day 

 out. Remember the purpose of the enamelling is 

 not simply to give a highly burnished surface, but to 

 keep out the water. Once let a drop of moisture find 

 entrance into the wood and it is all day with- the lure. 

 My advice to readers of these pages is, shun cheap 

 department store plugs. Know what you want, why 

 you want it, and get the best. 



Much has been written, and more will be written, 

 upon the subject of color. Perhaps no two casters 

 will ever agree regarding the matter, for few study 

 the question from the same angle. Granted that 

 there is no single best color, for local conditions have 

 everything to do with it; certain hues are more likely 

 to prove attractive. If I were to be limited to a 

 single color, as is well known by this time, I would 

 without an instant's hesitancy pick out the red and 

 white combination. Of course, enters the matter of 

 local conditions. Consequentially I desire a wide 

 selection of colors always in my tackle-box unless I 

 know absolutely what I am going up against. More- 

 over, as intimated, I think red and white, in com- 

 bination, comes as near being the universal attractor 

 as one can secure. Naturally I do not demand the 



