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GR - Grey Body, Grey Hackle or
Grey Body, Wings and Hackle


COLOR NAME: Grey Body, Grey Hackle or Grey Body, Wings and Hackle
COLOR CODES: GR
LURE(S) PICTURED: Popper Spook Fly Rod Lure (940GR - Grey Body, Grey Hackle), Bass-Bug-Spook (975GR - Grey Body, Wings and Hackle)
DESCRIPTION: Popper Spook: Transparent grey body with black rib pattern (black lines) over the top and bottom of the body with grey hackle (feather) on the tail. This color code was also used for both sizes of Heddon's Bass Bug Spook Fly Rod Lure (series 974 and 975) which has grey feather wings and a grey hackle (feather tail); c. late 1930's thru early 1950's. (Picture from 1939 Heddon catalog.)

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