Well this is my take on it salmonoid...two weeks ago I was really tearing them up on the bluebird days and I had a 3 pounder really tear the bait a new one and I thought heck I better save this thing and get to Hook Line and Sinker and get some more, well long story short nobody had them in Santa Barbara and Shin says he's not had that bait for two years...I doubt it but anyway I bought some big hammers and took them out and fished the same spots and nothing! I switched over to the mauled bait and two casts later stuck a fish...So I cut it off again,went to the bottom of the hill and told Shin I had to get Worm kings phone number. I got it and called the guy up...He's not very responsive to the... I gotta have it! and I gotta have it now! thing but I bought 25 "minimum order" and paid Shin 80.00 bucks for his effort as they would not sell to me but would ship to him. I use this color on my wood baits exclusivly and always have since I found them. So the answer is I don't know! Maybe a coincidence that I got the fish when I changed up? available light?confidence? I don't know the answer but I think we need to put the screws to the local tackle shops and see if we can't get them to keep them in stock. Worm King claims he has 1800 colors and cannot keep anything in stock! I got Shin to take on R.&R.Stroker Worms in 1988 as he was only carrying junk at the time and I ended up winning angler of the year that year just dragging worms from other guys backseats so I really thought alot of the colors and styles. So he can be prevailed upon if it will effect his pocketbook but his opinion of bass fisherman is that we are too fickle and whats in this week is out next...I don't want to hurt his feelings but he just doesn't understand that he needs to load up on fall baits in the summer and winter in the fall and so on. Hope this helps and if you find yourself out on the lake with nothing but big hammers I know you can get testimonials from a dozen guys on this site that would swear buy them....Go figure...One thing I have learned in the last month is don't mess with something that works..I bought some flourocarbon to toss the baits on....drug it behind the boat for a mile and still couldn't cast the stuff for Sh*t! Anybody know what kind of flourocarbon Kevin VanDam is tossing his cranks on? I'd like to try this again as I'm sure it would add a better presentation but I cut the stren of my reel after an hour and respooled with my maxima 15 green.

Kelly