Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Jesse View Post
... Before going fishing he bought some crickets (which are grayish brown) and took the black crickets with him. He ran out of bought crickets and turned to the wild ones. The fish wouldn't touch them.
I've always been amazed with the success that folks have had in the northeast with the Letort Cricket pattern, as it is black cricket, and every southern boy learns at a very yearly age that black crickets don't work as bait down here.

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