Missouri Craw Warts

[Quillback]

The sample looks much better.

[5bites]

Still a miss but better than the web pic

[bluebasser86]

[dtrs5kprs]

Well that's kind of a bummer. I have the classic quote from Yoda going through my head.

[Champ188]

Why not just box up some old Warts and send them to Hughesy for the correct Missouri Craw paint job? Then you'll have the right color and those who buy theirs off the shelf won't.

[Hughesy]

I have seen so many variations of this color even on the old warts its hard to pin it down to one color. I have seen some that have faded to a dark pinkish color and some to a brownish orange. If you send some in, its best to send a sample to get the exact color you want.

[mjk86]

I have seen so many variations of this color even on the old warts its hard to pin it down to one color. I have seen some that have faded to a dark pinkish color and some to a brownish orange. If you send some in, its best to send a sample to get the exact color you want.

This exactly....with any paint job there will be an unbelievable variance in color from one piece to the next.  Its painfully obvious to the trained eye.  All paint looks different when changing the Light source/viewing angle/pigments/resins...ect...  Working in automotive coatings i see this all the time.  Next time your out take a look at where the bumper/trim/mirrors of a car meets the body.  If its a "metallic" type color, the as the viewing angle changes the colors will be night and day.  Its very difficult to   Its even more obvious if its an aftermarket bumper.  Lure manufactures are even more inconsistent than car makers with their paint.  I have 3 rc stx in "pro blue" and they are all different shades of "pro blue" lol.  Its probably better with a megabass or something very pricey, but the cheap lures are all over the board.  Rapala shad raps (probably all rapala cranks) are way inconstant too.  Good thing that fish have a brain the size of a bb.

[abkeenan]

I agree MJK86. I actually sold off 90% of my Pre-Rapala wiggle warts last winter because I think color is highly overrated.....to an extent. Throwing a neon pink or yellow grub might not yield the results of a green, pearl or smoke colored grub. Throw something natural at Table rock in shades of brown or green and you will get bit. Sold my pre-raps because like you said fish have brains the size of a pea. I don't think they care what shade of Missouri Craw runs by their face. It's a reaction strike and they are either going to pounce on it like a cat on a ball of yarn rolled across the floor or they aren't. Plus I could care less about losing a $4 wart and will throw them just about into anything whereas with the pre-raps I have reservations about chucking a $30-$50 crank into a jungle of cedars.

[balsabee]

I have seen so many variations of this color even on the old warts its hard to pin it down to one color. I have seen some that have faded to a dark pinkish color and some to a brownish orange. If you send some in, its best to send a sample to get the exact color you want.

Exactly!  Just look at all the variations of the brown craw.

[Quillback]

Got one of the new Mo Craws today.  Sides are lighter, sort of a light pink.  It does have an orange belly which doesn't show in the pic above.  Might still be a fish catcher, but I think it's a bit off from what most of us think as being Missouri Craw.