There are thousands of different fishing lure options on tackle shop shelves. Most of them are there for one purpose: To catch fishermen. That may seem like a surprising thing for a tackle shop manager to say, but it’s the truth.
Take a look at the “latest and greatest” lures today. Most of them will have disappeared in just a few years. That’s because they catch fishermen.
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