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  Location: Waukee, IA | Ok.....I am horribly weak in my bucktail selection currently.  In fact, I honestly don't even own ONE DCG.  I have a couple buchertails but that is it.  If you could have only 5 colors to throw in your arsenal...what blade/skirt combos could you NOT live without?  Irregardless of water clarity, time of year, etc.  I want your go-to color combos.  
  
Thanks for considering!!  
  
Feel free to PM me if you don't want to share your colors with the entire musky world!     | 
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  | Black/Nickle Red/Brass Walleye/Gold Purple/Gold White/Silver | 
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  Location: Illinois | Black/Black  
Nickel/Black  
Orange/Black  
Gold/Purple  
Copper/Red | 
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  Location: Wakefield, MI | Black/Orange blade   
White/Nickel blade   
Brown/Brown Trout blade (or Red and white blade) from Mepps | 
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  | Black/black | 
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  Location: Green Bay, Titletown, WI | Chatreuse/black  
copper/copper  
nickel/black  
  
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  Location: Detroit River | Black/Nickle  
White/Nickle  
Red/Copper  
Fluorecent Yellow/Brass (Hulk Hogan)  
Pink/Nickle  
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  Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | Black/Nickle  
Black/Orange  
Black-Chartreuse/chartreuse flame  
Purple/Gold  
Blue-Pearl/Black Nickle  
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  | Silver blade, black tail.  
Gold blade, brown tail.  
Gold blade, yellow tail.  
Firetiger blade, black tail.  
Silver blade, white tail with red feather. | 
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  | I can't narrow it down that far... | 
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  Location: Contrarian Island | blade/flash  
black nickel/black holo  
chart/black  
gold/purple  
black nickel/purple  
one gold blade, one chart/ salt n pepper | 
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  Location: Savage, MN | Nickel blade/ black skirt.  
Gun metal blade/ red with little black skirt.  
Gun metal blade/ white & silver skirt.   
Gold blade/ gold skirt  
Durado DCG. (Can't accurately describe colors)  
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  | Brown with gold blades  
Black with black blades  
Black with silver blades  
Black with orange blades and  
Blue/nickle with silver blades oh ya and copper with copper blades. | 
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  | Black/Silver blades  
Black/Gold blades  
Black/Orange blades  
Black/Smoke blades  
Brown/Copper or Gold blades  
  
All the rest is fluff.   Fluff is fun, don't get me wrong.   I caught 3 fish in one day on the ugliest color combination I have ever seen, but if I had to pick, those would be my five. | 
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  | Green blades black skirt has been my most productive. | 
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  Location: oconomowoc, wi | any pattern..as long as its black | 
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  Location: Twin Cities, MN | 5, I am not sure I an live with just 5..... for any variety of bucktails.   
  
That being said, the below are the ones that got the most use last year  
  
Double 8 Gerry's Girl Blue with flame blades   
Double 10 Black Perch Cowgirl with firetiger / black blades  
Double 10 Bluegill Spanky with smoke blades  
Double 8 black with black blades - homemade  
Double 10 Gerry's girl candy corn with flame blades  
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  Location: Waukee, IA | Well, I tried to summarize as best I could with all your suggestions.....I didn't get every single one but  I think it shows some trends......BLACK is awfully popular!  
If anybody else has suggestions feel free to post and I will update totals.    
  
Skirt 	Blade	Total  
Black	Nickel	12  
Black	Orange	9  
Black	Black	        7  
Black	Chartreuse	6  
Red Copper/Brass/Gold	4  
White Nickel	6  
Purple Gold	3  
Brown Gold	3  
Blue	Black 	3  
Black	Gold	        2  
Blue	Nickel	3  
Blue	Black	        2  
Black	Green	1  
Blue	Flame	1  
Copper Copper	1  
Red Nickel         1  
Green Copper    1  
Yellow  Gold       1  
Pink  Pink          1  
Purple  Black Nickel   1 | 
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  | Gold/gold has done well for me, as well as black/black and my goto nickle/black, nickle/red as well as orange/black. | 
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  | black/ nickel  
yellow/ gold  
white/ nickel  
blue/ nickel  
black/ orange | 
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  | Nickle/Black  
Nickle/White  
Orange/Black  
Copper/Green  
Pink/Pink | 
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  | There are really only two color combo's that I wouldn't be without:  
  
-Black Nickel blades over black body (for any sky conditions, sunny or cloudy, dusk, midday, etc.)  
-Chartreuse blades over black body (I like the bright blades in overcast conditions)  
  
I have dozens and dozens of other colors, but the two above are all that I really need. | 
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