COLOR NAME: | Green Shore Minnow or X-Ray Green or Glistening Green or Green/Black Shore Minnow |
COLOR CODES: | 9XRG, XRG |
LURE(S) PICTURED: | Top to bottom: River Runt Spook Floater (9409XRG); River Runt Spook Sinker (9110XRG), 1934 Heddon catalog listing; early advertising piece, Flap-Tail Jr. (7119XRG), Original Heddon Zara Spook (X92559XRG) | DESCRIPTION: | River Runt Spooks: Green body with black ribs on sides and silver scales on belly. 1st version had a silver scale pattern running down the center of the ribs; later version this scale pattern is a solid black line like the ribs. The earlier version is a lighter green as well. Has gold eyes and red face. Introduced in 1934 for River Runt Spooks. Color code changed to XRG in 1946. The name originally was X-Ray Green but was later changed to Green Shore Minnow. An early advertisement also showed is as Glistening Green. In 2019-2020, Pradco Outdoor Brands made a limited edition of Zara Spooks in the Green Shore Minnow color but called it Green/Black Shore Minnow and used the original color code 9XRG. (Advertisement picture courtesy of Pat Keniry!) |
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