Magic Lures that Stop working

There are some lures that work like a charm once, and then never work again.

The largest, freshwater fish I've caught (aside from coho's) was a 50+ inch muskie. Caught the blighter on 6-lb test using a black and chartruese tube jig in about no-feet of water. In fact, over a two week period I caught that fish, or his twin brother twice. I stil have tube jigs that color. No of fish in the last 12 years with that jig: 2.

Yamamoto standup jig (watermellon): First cast one bass. Next 1,000 casts: grass and weeds.

Little Cleo nickel and blue spoon: Nothing in Michigan. Couldn't keep the chain pickerel away from them up until I lost the last one last June. You can't get them here, so on a trip to see the kids in Portage, I bought several. Number of fish since June 15, 2004: 1 six-inch chain pickeral.

Black and silver jerk bait: couldn't stop the northern from taking it one day on Hogsett Lake (Portage) until I managed to get my left index finger in the same treble hook that held the 34" northern. Got the pike off and then used a knife to excise the hook from my finger (damned hard to trailer a boat with a rogue on your hand). Number of fish to even look at the lure since: NADA

I could go one, but there are a buch of lures out there that work once, by accident and never work again.