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XBLW - Blue & White Shore Minnow?


COLOR NAME: Blue & White Shore Minnow?
COLOR CODES: XBLW
RELATED COLOR(S): BHW
LURE(S) PICTURED: Top Row: Tiny Chugger Spook (9520XBLW) Tiny Torpedo (360XBLW)
Middle: Tiny Lucky 13 Spook , Tadpolly Spook (9000XBLW)
Bottom: Midget River Runt Spook (9010XBLW), Chugger Spook (9540XBLW)
Insert: Tiny Chugger Spook with marked box (9520XBLW)
DESCRIPTION:

Dark blue transparent body with white rib pattern. The Tadpolly Spook has a white stripe along the belly as well.

This is a uncataloged color for all the lures shown and dates to the early 1970's based on the box shown for the Tiny Chugger Spook. This color is often called "Cobalt Blue Shore Minnow" by collectors. These are the only known Heddon lures in this color known to date. The name for the color has not been documented.

(Picture from the collection of the author)

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