Be carefull what you say. I agree that they are not what they used to be and a few years ago in my columm I said so and man did the new owners jump all over my case. Hard plastic now instead of compressed styrofoam. The spit'n and the popping Atom had a cupped mouth and a flat. They don't make the Cupped version anymore. Smoker Baits who made medium quality offshore lures bought Atom and now just goes by that name as far as I can tell. And yes Mike I had a few that "puffed" up if you let them sit on your dashboard in 90 degree heat all day. Pretty cool looking. The Atom 40 series and beyond of the large lipped swimmer, once they were done being made of wood, were the only hard plastic swimmers in the Atom line. The older, pre-Smoker baits, Atom Juniors made great eelskin plugs and so did the Spin-atom. I still use them.
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