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12-02-2004, 05:56 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 845
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Successful Hot Shot colors
Anyone have a favorite color for winter chrome? Do you always change your hooks when you purchase them? 
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12-02-2004, 06:20 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Eugene, OR
Posts: 5,052
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
My all time favorite Hot-Shot is the old color of mettalic green, very pale and in size #30. I have one left, and it is over 25 years old.  It has not been in the water in 3 years, just afraid I will lose it. According to a person at Luhr Jensen, they are thinking about bringing this color back, sure hope so!!! 
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12-02-2004, 06:31 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: On the Edges
Posts: 1,168
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
I've got a couple of those old light metallic green hotshots as well and am afraid to put them on. Tied one on to my wife's line about 10 years ago and she had two nice steelies in the boat before the boat ramp was out of sight!
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12-02-2004, 06:57 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 104
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
I have had good luck with Metallic Blue, Gold Red Tiger,and Michael Jackson or more recently known as "The Molester".
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12-03-2004, 07:34 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Beaverton
Posts: 2,442
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
Cotton candy = 
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12-03-2004, 07:39 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Creswell, OR.
Posts: 459
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
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12-03-2004, 07:50 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Mulletville
Posts: 6,341
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
Metallics, darks, flourescents.
Pretty simple really. Pink, black, white, blue, and green. Purple is hot in fly circles, so I would think that it would have some applications.
Mark and the dog
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12-03-2004, 10:21 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Alaska! from Oregon, college in Montana
Posts: 4,224
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
Green Pirate!! Blue Pirate!!!! Micheal Jackson!!!!
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12-03-2004, 11:12 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Posts: 3,581
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
Very dark (As in not made anymore) COPPER.
Mark
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12-03-2004, 11:26 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: mcminnville area
Posts: 7,946
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
I have the best success with a cop car colored one. white body with a black bill
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12-03-2004, 11:32 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 3,526
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
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12-03-2004, 01:33 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 379
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
my succesfull hot shot colors are metallic pink with a chartruese butt as well as cop car. Anyone want to post a pic of that pale mettalic green color?
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12-03-2004, 02:08 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Bayshore
Posts: 4,197
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
Gold/fire top worked for me in "steelhead green" water when I still had my drifter. Green pirate early in the season or tooty-fruity cop car later on, both of those worked best in clear water.
(Edit to include pic. of tooty-fruity cop car)
I replaced the hooks only after catching a few fish on them. Mainly due to me breaking them while atempting to return them to their proper shape.
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12-03-2004, 03:45 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 161
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
Just an FYI,
I was just at G.I. Joes on Cedar Hills and they had a basket full of hot shots for a buck each.
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12-03-2004, 04:15 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: mcminnville area
Posts: 7,946
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
I am on my way. Thank you for the info.
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12-03-2004, 07:39 PM
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Guest
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Idaho
Posts: 1,499
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
green pirate
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12-06-2004, 07:33 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Salem
Posts: 3,526
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
bump
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12-06-2004, 07:57 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Salem
Posts: 1,993
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors
Blue pirate! They hit'em and fly high.
Happy Fishn'----------------~<{{{{><
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12-06-2004, 07:59 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Portland
Posts: 425
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Re: Successful Hot Shot colors & warts & polly's
We are talking Hot Shots only...? If so, I like green pirate, silver w/orange back, straight green, solid metallic red
Now, what about warts and tadpolly's??? Warts = silver w/green herringbone, w/blue herringbone, w/orange herringbone, gold w/orange herringbone, green w/black back, silver w/orange back.
Tadpolly's silver w/orange herringbone, green, silver w/black head, silver w/orange head, silver w/chartruse herringbone
All these depend on the particular river and conditions on the specific day....
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