9XBW - Black & White Shore Minnow

COLOR NAME:	Black & White Shore Minnow
COLOR CODES:	9XBW, XBW
LURE(S) PICTURED:	River Runt (119XBW), Big Hedd (9330XBW), River Runt Spook Sinker & Box (9119XBW), River Runtie Spook (959XBW)
DESCRIPTION:	River Runt: Solid black body with white rib pattern on side. Plastic versions of Heddon lures in this color can have gold eyes, yellow eyes, or white eyes. This was a uncataloged color for the Big Hedd but was cataloged for all the rest shown. Color code changed to XBW in 1946. Much later versions of this color are somewhat transparent and some later versions also have red around the eyes. (Special thanks to Lawrence for the Big Hedd picture!)

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