| __________________________________________________ September 6, 2002 - VOL. 3 NO. 35 __________________________________________________ READ IT AND WEEP! For story with color photo: http://www.insideline.net/articles/914-senko.html Read it and weep...with joy! Gary Yamamoto has released Core Shot Senko technology to the fishing public. Core Shot technology allows one soft plastic color to be shot straight through the core of a second color, creating a two-tone tail tip effect. At Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, innovation is constant...but that doesn't mean it is hurried! The new 914 Core Shot combines three things that took several years to come together. FIRST THING, the watermelon w/ blake flake (194) body has amber color added in it. This watermelon amber is a personal color pattern that Gary Yamamoto has used for a while now to his competitive advantage during top US and international tournaments. "Most things bass eat are not monotones but have complex colorations combining primary colors (for example, watermelon) within which, depending on light and angle, can be glimpsed sheens of secondary accent colors (for example, amber)," says Yamamoto. In the 914 Core Shot, the blush of amber can best be seen in the section near the tail, where it provides better definition and visual separation to the black tail. Never mind how any soft plastic looks in your hand or in the bag, which is dull relative to how the colors and flakes are vividly enhanced underwater. In the bag, the black tail may not appear so special, but underwater the 914 Core Shot has a distinguished black tail like a baby bass, and the added amber helps that happen. SECOND THING, the black tail has been used for a while now by Western tournament angler Gary Dobyns, who has won 30 boats in his career. It's rumored that several of those boats may have been won using black-tailed watermelon Senkos. "I will neither confirm nor deny these rumors," says Dobyns who hand-dyed the black tails himself. "Most people won't take the trouble to dye every bait. I just hate to see one of my little tricks so readily available to everyone over the counter now," says Dobyns with a smile. THIRD THING is the Core Shot technology process itself. "Gary Yamamoto has always wanted a robust Core Shot offering in his product line," says company spokesperson Russ Bassdozer, "and now it is possible for Senkos." For a while, earlier core shot trials focused on translucent bodies and creating internal bloodlines within the baits. "Now we have simply reversed that concept, using darks and solids instead," says Bassdozer. The Core Shot technology also creates a second swirl of tail color on the tip of the bait's head too. "These are the two parts of the Senko, the head and tail tips that vibrate most as the Senko sinks. Now both those vibrating tips have color contrast," says Bassdozer. A second Core Shot Senko, the 9-10-913 Green Pumpkin w/ Green and Purple Flakes and Chartreuse Tail is currently available to members who subscribe to Gary Yamamoto's Inside Line magazine. This 913 Core Shot will become available to the public on November 1, 2002. The 914 Watermelon Amber Pepper w/ Black Tail is available now. For story with color photo: http://www.insideline.net/articles/914-senko.html Regards, Russ Bassdozer Editor, Gary Yamamoto's Weekly News __________________________________________________
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