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SG-XYS Spook Glow, Yellow Body, Silver Shore Minnow
or
SR-XYS Spook Ray, Yellow Body, Silver Shore Minnow


COLOR NAME: Spook Glow, Yellow Body, Silver Shore Minnow OR Spook Ray, Yellow Body, Silver Shore Minnow
COLOR CODES: SG-XYS, SR-XYS
RELATED COLORS: Spook Glow, Red Body, Black Shore Minnow (SG-XLB), Spook Glow, Orange Body, Yellow Shore Minnow (SG-XOY), Spook Glow, Green Body, Yellow Shore Minnow (SG-XGY)
LURE(S) PICTURED: River Runt Spook Sinker & box (9110SG-XYS), River Runt Spook box (9110SR-XYS), Lucky 13 (2500SG-XYS)
DESCRIPTION:

Transparent yellow body with silver ribs, red face, and yellow eyes. This was 1 of 4 in a series of cataloged colors referred to as "Spook Glow". Cataloged in 1951 for River Runt Spooks and last listed in 1952 .

This color has also been found under the Spook Ray (SR) color code, SR-XYS as evidenced by the box in the picture above though it was not cataloged as such.

(Special thanks to Donnie Shingler for the Lucky 13 picture!)

REPRODUCTION ALERT! This color has been reproduced in Heddon's Punkinseed lure as a 'Collector' item in the past few years (2006-2008). It was never actually made by Heddon in the 1950's time frame.

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