Why 1 Side?

[hanson]

Sometimes I think of weird things and I'm not sure why I thought of this tonight. Well... I think I know but thats a different story.

In digging through my lure boxes to find out what I need to buy, I realized something, lots of the jigs & spoons I own have paint on one side. Why?

Why don't the lure manufacturer's paint both sides of the spoon? Why does one side have to remain silver, gold, or natural while the other has an awesome paint job on it?

With spoons, I can understand the argument for color variation between sides as well as some extra flash from the natural metal. Would a spoon be equally effective with both sides painted. Heck, the original Eppinger Daredevil has a shiny metal back and fancy red & white front and that lure has been dynamite effective for generations so I'm not going to question the effectiveness of a lure with paint on one side.

I even have some horizontal profile panfish lures that have paint on one side and nothing on the other. Why? Wouldn't a horizontal style panfish jig be equally effective with paint on both sides?

Is the side thats painted just to catch the consumer? If thats not the case, why not show the back of the lure in the package on the shelf.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Why paint on 1 side and not 2?

[pathogen]

I'm certainly no expert, but my guess is that the contrast between the color and flash may draw added attention. Spoons naturally wobble when worked and I suppose the designers feel that the alternate between flash and color catches more attention than just flash...or just color.

[tonyjor]

Hanson-

A good question....I think pathogen's got it nailed. Best thing would be to buy two of each and some enamels. Paint them accordingly and try them side by side trolling with a buddy or down sperate holes in a fish house. Also makes me think you're getting a slight case of cabin fever to have been thinking about something like this

[Surface Tension]

Well I can't answer for the tackle companies but when I paint my lures I like to reverse what natural patterns bait fish have evolved to. After all if you pattern your lures to what a minnow looks like your adding thousands of years of evolution and adaption that has hidden bait fish. That would be light color bellies to blend with the surface and dark backs to blend in with the lake bottom. So if you have a spoon with rotation it you'll want flash with a darker pattern on the reverse side. When painting stick baits I'll give the bellies a dark color, flash on the sides and a bright back. That's opposite of what natures done. My theory is if you stand out from the crowd, your not going to last long.

[Stratosman]

Obviously the answer would be contrast and flash as you eluded to on your post. Now two sided paint jobs might be just as effective, but definatelt costlier to produce looking at it from a production standpoint, therefore higher price tag on the shelf. I use spoons very seldom and usually only when trolling for lakers, but have noticed that most times a plain silver or hammered silver spoon will outfish one with some color. Considering the main forage for these fish, that is not surprising.

Unless I'm having a brain block I can't think of a horizontal jig with paint on only one side? Many vertical jigs do though.

[Scenic]

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Why don't the lure manufacturer's paint both sides of the spoon? Why does one side have to remain silver, gold, or natural while the other has an awesome paint job on it?

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There are several reasons why this is done. First off is the fact that most people want that extra flash and shine to enhance the attraction of the lure. Second is the labor and time that it takes to turn these over and apply paint to the other sides. We do this on some products but this takes twice the time in handling, twice the paint time and twice the drying time as well.

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I even have some horizontal profile panfish lures that have paint on one side and nothing on the other. Why? Wouldn't a horizontal style panfish jig be equally effective with paint on both sides?

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Customer demand

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Is the side thats painted just to catch the consumer? If thats not the case, why not show the back of the lure in the package on the shelf.

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If you could see the back how would you know what was on the front??

To sum up your questionssssssss we do paint both sides on some of our products but again many customers prefer that reflective finish on one side. Ya needs to fish more!!

Stratosman,

The JB Lures Horizontal Tear Drop would be one example of the a jig that is painted on one side with the reflective back. This was done again by customer demand.

[CrappieJohn]

Today's commercial paints and glow coatings can get pretty costly to be spraying on every surface too. The extra handling to do both sides equates to time which equats to more cost as well. And that is not going to be absorbed at the manufactures' end.

[smmurphy]

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I even have some horizontal profile panfish lures that have paint on one side and nothing on the other. Why? Wouldn't a horizontal style panfish jig be equally effective with paint on both sides?

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I've seen it work both ways, but most of the time I seem to catch more fish with a jig that is only painted on one side. I don't know if it a confidence thing, or if the fish prefer it, but I usually go with a half & half jig for panfish.

[Dobber]

As Snoop Dogg would say "It's all about the bling."

[metrojoe]

Snoop's jigs would be made out of diamond encrusted gold and silver.

[WAG416]

One would really be ICE fishing with Snoops lures.

They wouldnt all be diamonds and gold though.

I believe he would have a more organic line of jigs also.

Fish-izzle