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1933-1947 Shur-Strike Cross Reference Color Chart

This chart defines Shur-Stike colors in the following order (left to right):

  • The official 1933-1947 Shur-Strike color catalog numbers.
  • The official color name(s). ONLY catalog colors are listed. No Specials!
  • Dr. Smith's numbers for these lures in his second edition of "Collector's Encyclopedia of Creek Chub Lures & Collectibles".
  • A common current collector's name for each color. It may or may not match the original name from the catalog & varies from one collector to another.
As an aside, certain colors were listed with more than one number in the old price lists. A good example is #1 & #19 Frog.
Also, those in charge at Shur-Strike changed the names of some colors over the years. They are listed below.
SS CATALOG # SS COLOR SMITH # COMMON NAME
0 Pike Scale or Pikie
10
Pikie Scale
1 Frog (this # & color, #4 & # 5 Series only - also see SS #19) 19 Frog Spot
1 Yellow Back & Scale
Finish or Light Scale or Yellow Scale
1 Peanut Butter
1 Green Scale (this color & #, FO & TO Series only - also see SS #9, #10) 24 Green Scale
1YP Yellow Perch Scale 9 Yellow Perch
2 White & Red or White-Red Head
(also see SS #44)
2 White & Red
3 Black & Silver or Silver & Black Head or Aluminum Body & Black Head 3 Black & Silver
3 Silver Scale
(this color, #6 Series only)
Unlisted Silver Scale
4 Yellow Body-Black Head or Yellow & Black 4 Yellow & Black
5 Red Side or Silver Scale-Red Side on Aluminum. (also see #11 Red Scale) 6 Red Side
5 Aluminum Body-Red Head 5 Aluminum & Red
6 Brown Body & Scale Finish or Dark Scale ? ?
6 Shiner Scale or Silver Scale-Red Side on Yellow or Heddon P Finish 23 Shiner Scale
7 Mullet Scale 30 Mullet
8 Rainbow 8 Rainbow
9 Golden Scale or Gold Scale or Yellow Scale 29 Golden Scale
9 Green Scale
(also see #1, #10)
24 Green Scale
10 Green Scale (also see #1, #9) 24 Green Scale
11 Red Scale Listed on some letter code lure series
(A,B,C, etc. & PJ Series. Also see #5 Red Side)
6 Old or New RedSide (depends on scale pattern)
11 Black-White Head (this # & color, CR & MO series only - also see SS #46) 11 Black & White
13 All Black (also see #47) 13 Black
14 Perch Scale or Chain Perch Scale 21 Chain Perch
18 Silver Flitter or Silver Flash 18 Silver Flitter
19 Frog (also see #1 Frog) 19 Frog Spot
20 White Scale (SD Series only) Unlisted White Scale
22 Yellow Body & Red Head (MO Series only) 25 Yellow & Red
23 Grey or Grey Mouse (CR or MO Series only) Unlisted Grey Mouse
24 Yellow Body-Black & Red Stripes
(CR Series only)
20 Yellow Striped
(no scale)
25 White Body-Red & Green (or Black)
Spots
(CR Series only)
15 Strawberry
31 Black & White Stripes (BGM & GM Series only) Unlisted Black & White Stripes
32 Red & White Stripes (BGM & GM Series only) Unlisted Red & White Stripes
40 Brown (PP Series only) Unlisted Brown Mouse
41 Blue Back Unlisted Blue Back
42 Goldfish Unlisted Goldfish
43 Spotted 15? Strawberry?
44 White-Red Head
(this #, PP Series only - also see #2 White & Red)
2 White & Red
46 Black-White Head
(this # PP Series only - also see #11 B&W)
11 Black & White
47 All Black (this #, PP Series only - also see #13) 13 Black
48 All White (PP Series only) Unlisted White
49 Pearl Grey (PP Series only) Unlisted Pearl Grey
60 Orange & Black (FF Series only) Unlisted Orange, Black Spotted
61 Orange & White (FF Series only) Unlisted Orange, White Belly
62 Yellow & Black (FF Series only) Unlisted Yellow, Red Spotted
63 Black (FF Series only) 13 Black, Orange Spotted
64 Scale (FF Series only) Unlisted Green & Yellow Scale, Dark Back
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