Yea, I'm pretty sure you're right. I read somewhere, "There is no new thing under the sun." With respect to fishing lures, there really is nothing new. I've seen them shaped like beer cans, like sex-toys, like hotdogs, like just about everything one can imagine and at some point they all caught fish.
I think I'll stick to my minimalist methods of lures and lure making. I have a small tackle box full of regular sized lures and many Ultra-light lures that were brought to market with good intentions but I've never caught anything with them.
I also think that many of the fancier lures being sold these days are made more to catch fishermen than to catch actual fish. That probably describes more than a few of the store bought lures I own.
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