Talk about a color favotite...

This lure and many others I cast have this color pattern:
chartreuse/ black/ orange
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Note: I used Spike-It dye to color white and translucent chartreuse plastic grubs.
Coincidental is that the colors are the colors of a yellow perch.
All species of fish strike lures with that color combo, so if it ain't broke, ........

The other thing I rediscovered was the tailless grub body shown above. (recently posted elsewhere)
Last week fish jumped all over it in two sizes: 1" and 1.5" rigged on a 1/32 oz jig/ #6 hook. I just found an old photo of it being used with a Beetle Spin after a fish bit off the tail. It caught fish!
Try it sometime - cut off the tail and rig it on a light jig head. No more nippers attacking the tail and not getting hooked!

Fish caught on it:
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Beautiful work and explanation not to mention results! :ThumbsUp

Thanks BC. Always my pleasure to share with fellow fishing fanatics. (FFF for short)

Look like critter getters:ThumbsUp

Looks great .TRY "Double trouble " from " Southern jig co. " . almost Catawba worm color . Use 200 a year on red ear .

Yesterday was another phenomenal day considering the lake level dropped even lower.
The tailless body did great catching 5 species! Mixed schools in shallow water kept me busy even with the constant 15 mph wind.It started out as a chartreuse with flakes, store-bought minnow with rear tail. I cut off the tail, added some black stripes and an orange belly and rigged it on a 1/64 oz jig.
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Depth fish caught: 2-4'.

I went bigger with a larger curl tail grub with the tail cut off. I caught fish - even small fish!
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A Mann's Shadow rigged on a light jig caught bass and crappie:
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The nippers clued me in where fish were in general and the rest 42 fish between 12pm and 3:30pm.

that there baby perch looks super deadly bro ....:highfive

Did great today with the perch pattern grub until a pickerell bit it off on touch down. Second cast using a Beetle Spin and curl tail and it nailed it, but at least I got to fight the monster long enough until it wrapped the line around the anchor rope. Not so this beauty that measured 2' long.
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Next cast, a 2 lb bass.
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Grub body caught both.

Nice looking catch and loved the colors on the pickerel. They are a guided missile.:)
Bob

You are on to something there

Those plastic grubs without the tail remind me of a mop fly that are getting popular. Spike it markers work with hand ties as well. Fire tiger color patterns imitate a lot of sunfish colors which is why it's such a great color combination. After a baitfish/minnow pattern it's my #2 choice.

When it comes to colors, I'm like you - confidence-preferences depending on the lure. As for when or why to use certain colors, those preferences never change regardless of the day, weather, water clarity or season. I just cleared one of my camera's memory card of over 760 photos showing the huge amount of lures and lure colors that have caught many fish species. (and I still have two more cameras to download photos.)

Would those lures have done better using other colors? Don't know, don't care. All I know is that the only logic that applies to color choice is: caught em on this one, don't stop!

The nice thing about a photo log is confirming all the colors and lures that did well over the years on various waters. Whereas photos don't lie/ many anglers lie to themselves or, as in my case, memory falls short. (...now where did I leave that d*** cup a coffee much less - when was the last time this color/lure work :dono)

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Nice toothy critter, and bass !

BTW, that's a photo of my neighbor unhooking a bass. It was the first time he used my lures and was shocked they caught so many fish that day between the both of us.