Summer 2019
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Before Green Pumpkin, worm colors in the bass market were like fashions — here today, passé tomorrow. Black was the first color to dominate, but only because it had no competition in the early days. Like the old Ford Model T, you could have any color worm you wanted … as long as it was black. Red came along later, then Tom Mann expanded the palette with his Jelly Worm “flavors.” In 1973, Bill Dance told us that any color worm was fine … as long as it was blue.
Strawberry, Black Grape, Motor Oil and even Scuppernong all had their time in the spotlight, but no color can touch Green Pumpkin for popularity or longevity. For a couple of generations now, it’s been a must-have color and the default choice for discriminating anglers.
Almost as astonishing is the durability of the name “Green Pumpkin.” What started at Zoom has been copied by virtually every other manufacturer. They mimic the color and the name in an industry where companies scramble to find any excuse or opportunity to differentiate. They know their customers will ask for it by name and will accept no substitute.
Ed Chambers got it right. It may have been an accident, but he knew a winner when he saw it, and he built an iconic company on innovative designs and one very special color.
Sadly, Chambers is gone. He passed away in 2018 at the age of 78, but his wonderful designs and Green Pumpkin will outlast us all. •
Zoom Baits Trick Worm in Green Pumpkin
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