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THE STANDARD CATALOG COLORS
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Shiner Scale. 7509P This is another very common Vamp color. It was offered every year of Vamp production except for the Vampire year of 1921. This lure has the darker "peanut butter" look. The later Shiner Scale lures look silver gray. 
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Shiner Scale. 7509P This Shiner Scale Vamp is considerably lighter in color than the one above. I don't know if it has just yellowed less or if it was originally painted a little bit differently.
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Natural Scale. 7509R Another really good looking color. One of the 5 original colors. This color was called "Mullet Scale" in the 1921 to 1926 catalogs. It was listed until 1943 but dropped after the war. The color was changed during the depression to dark olive green. 
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Natural Scale Green Variation 7509R This lure is an example of another of the late 1930s color changes. Natural Scale was changed from the beautiful reddish brown color to this rather drab olive green. Only the Lord and Mr Heddon know why and neither one will tell. Maybe it was to match the mood of the depression. This hard to find lure also belongs to Kirk Atchley. 
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Red Head/Flitter. 7509RH This comes in both a silver flitter and gold flitter variety. On most lures the varnish and flitter have yellowed so much that its hard to tell which you have but the great majority are silver. The silver was listed for Vamps in the catalog from 1930 to 1943. It was not available after the war.
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Silver Scale 7509SS Heddon introduced the Silver Scale paint scheme in 1930 and continued to offer it as a standard color on Vamps until WW II a span of 14 years. In spite of the long production of Silver Scale Vamps, very few show up on today's market. This lure belongs to Kirk Atchley. 
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Orange/Black Spot. 7509V Heddon introduced a few new colors for their lures in 1926 and used them on several models. Three of the new colors: Red Scale (7509H), Blue Scale (7509X), and Orn/Blk Spot (7509V) were offered for Vamps until 1929 and then dropped. Vamps in these colors are rare and very tough to find.
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Blue Scale. 7509X Heddon only made this color on 7500 Vamps from 1926 until 1929 so it's a tough one. Blue Scale looks very close to the Green Scale color except for the eye blush which is black for Blue Scale and red for Green Scale. This is Kirk's lure
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Please Note: I have described the lures on this site honestly to the best of my knowledge. I believe the statements are as accurate as the information available to me at the time written. However, I’m relatively new to lure collecting and am not an expert. I have already had to revise the text a couple of times when I learned new facts so anything presented here is just my opinion and should not be taken as authoritative information. If you have any doubts as to the accuracy of any of the statements or descriptions please let me know.
Thanks for Looking, Ed