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When making your salt-water plugs it is very important to use the best quality and strongest salt-water treble hooks you can obtain. Strong hooks are the only ones which will stand up any length of time in salt water. Light wire hooks are easily straightened out by big fish, and rust weakens them in a short time. The basic salt-water plugs described above will take care of most fishing needs. But don't let that stop you from experimenting with different shapes, sizes, or weights. Although it is easier to duplicate existing models of plugs, more satisfaction is obtained if you design your own. And there is always the chance that it will turn out to be a better fish-getter than existing plugs on the market. 5 Spoons The spoon is one of the best lures the angler can use in fresh- or saltwater fishing. It is compact and heavy enough to cast well especially in the smaller sizes. It can be used when casting or trolling, and attracts all kinds of fish because of its brilliant "flash" and lively, swaying action. The spoon is also one of the oldest fishing lures used by man, having its origins in the dim past. The lure we know as the spoon was used a long time Julio T. Buel dropped a teaspoon into the water. As he watched it twist and turn it gave him an idea. He started experimenting and soldered a hook to the end of another teaspoon and attached his line to the handle, which was partly cut off. It caught fish and then he went into the business of making spoons for fishermen.
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