Match the Dodger To The Lure, Fish With Gary™ Tackle Company

The Fish With Gary™ System approach to attracting your target species fish and then stimulating a consistent biting response depends on matching the color scheme of the dodger with the correct matching lure. The lure is a separate purchase.

The need to match the dodger with the lure is vital to FWG System approach. Remember it is the dodger that is the attractor. The FWG offset recurve dodger blade actually swims like a fish as your troll it. As it does so, it creates low level vibrations that your target fish can sense. Remember that vibrations are sound waves that travel very fast in water (5,000 feet per second). And these vibrations truly are sound, even though the frequency of those vibrations are well below the ability of the human ear to detect. Our target fish are well equipped biologically to detect such low level vibrations and can form a three-dimensional picture in their mind to determine the direction of that sound. Our target fish are curious, so off they go to investigate. That is the attraction response.

Our target fish need to determine if the sound is a threat or no threat (which is one of the factors in staying alive while in the water). Depending on the clarity of the water, our fish will have to swim fairly close to the dodger to make that determination. That is where the shape of the offset recurve dodger blade adds another plus for the fisherman. Because the blade swims like a fish, it creates the appearance of a non-threatening fish chasing the upfront beads and spinner which is an integral part of the dodger. Remember, those upfront beads and spinner are in a particular color and vital contrast sequence. Our target fish has the ability to see color only in front of its snoot a distance of about 18 inches. The goal of for our target fish is to see the entire dodger and its matching lure within that 18 inch window. We want the target fish to see the front spinner of the dodger, and the very last bead on the lure within that window. The blade (swimming like a fish chasing some morsel) then becomes the first fish, and the competition response is thus created and your target fish is literally compelled to go after that trailing lure. This is the biting response.

That means the matching lure must be about 6-8" behind the dodger. That short distance also gives better action to the lure. And, this whole "system" works because the dodger colors and contrasts and the trailing lure colors and contrasts have to match.

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PN Dodger Best Lure Choices

SYSTEM 1 DODGERS

401 System 1 Blue Dodger Blue Star; Blue Bug

402 System 1 Chartreuse Dodger Caboose Lure; Chartreuse Bug

406 System 1 Mini Darth Dodger Darth Raider Lure; Black & White Bug

405 System 1 Natural Glow Dodger Deep Glow Lure; White Bug

101 System 1 Orange Dodger Orange Popsicle Lure; Daphnia Lure; Orange Bug

404 System 1 Pink Dodger Pink Stomper Lure; Pink Bug

SYSTEM 2 NICKEL DODGERS

201 System 2 Blue Dodger Blue Star Lure; Blue Bug

202 System 2 Chartreuse Dodger Caboose Lure; Chartreuse Bug

210 System 2 Daphnia Dodger Daphnia Lure; Orange Popsicle Lure; Orange Bug

802 System 2 Darth Raider Dodger Darth Raider Lure; Black & White Bug

207 System 2 Green Sparkle Dodger Green Sparkle Lure; Green Bug

208 System 2 Orange Dodger Daphnia Lure; Orange Popsicle Lure; Orange Bug

801 System 2 Pink Stomper Dodger Pink Stomper Lure; Pink Bug

209 System 2 Purple Rage Dodger Purple Rage Lure; Purple Bug

205 System 2 Watermelon Dodger Watermelon Lure; Watermelon Bug

SYSTEM 2 GOLD DODGERS

503 System 2 Royal Emerald Dodger Royal Emerald Lure; Green Bug

501 System 2 Royal Orange Dodger Royal Orange Lure; Orange Bug

506 System 2 Royal Pink Dodger Royal Pink Lure; Pink Bug

203 System 2 Royal Purple Dodger Royal Purple Lure; Purple Bug

SYSTEM 2 ULTRA DODGERS

212 System 2 Ultra Dawna's Dream Hot Green Dodger Dawna's Dream Lure; Green Bug

211 System 2 Ultra Glow Dodger Deep Glow Lure; White Bug

214 System 2 Ultra Hot Orange Dodger Daphnia Lure; Orange Popsickle Lure; Orange Bug

213 System 2 Ultra Hot Pink Dodger Pink Stomper Lure; Pink Bug

COPPER KING DODGERS

1002 Copper King Blue Dodger Copper King Blue Lure; Blue Bug

1001 Copper King Pink Dodger Copper King Pink Lure; Pink Bug

1004 Copper King Emerald Green Dodger Copper King Emerald Green Lure; Green Bug

1003 Copper King Diamond Thunder^® Dodger Copper King Pink Thunder Lure; Pink Bug

SYSTEM 3 DODGERS

301 System 3 Chartreuse Dodger Caboose Lure; Chartreuse Bug

303 System 3 Mega Darth Dodger Darth Raider Lure; Black & White Bug

302 System 3 Natural Glow Dodger Natural Glow Lure; Deep Glow Lure; White Bug

304 System 3 Pink Mega Stomper Dodger Pink Stomper Lure; Pink Bug