Quote Originally Posted by Spoonminnow View Post
You guys are totally awesome ! - and that's coming from a 72 y.o. that loves sharing with guys like you innovation, shots of the catch as it pertains to the narrative and the adventures we share on this forum at one time or another. Besides, isn't this what fishing is all about that we have in common?:
the adventure, the unknown and the inevitable, well-I'll-be surprises? Feel like a kid again wondering what it is every time a fish is fighting to get free. Poor fish....lucky me!

I'll keep 'em com'n!

Note: Skeet is totally correct when it comes to old lures be capable of doing just as well as the new stuff touted as the best thing since the introduction of the barbed hook. It's not just a matter of hoping they'll do well once again; it's more of believing they will do well at the right time/ in the right place.
You just hit the nail on a huge but unquantifiable part of the puzzle. You have to have confidence or at the very least a positive attitude in what you are fishing. I have just about given up on the trout magnet mini craws and my lack of hook ups show it, and yet I know guys have a lot of success with them. On the other side, I have complete confidence in the Trout Magnets and for me they’re killer!
Bob