Always glad to hear comments about Lenon lures. In trappings beginning, I expect that bait was the attractor used by all trappers. Eventually, some trappers probably had two seperate baits that worked best for them so they combined the two and found an even better animal response. For example, many early trappers added something sweet to their baits like honey or anise oil. Asafoedita is a stinky powder that was popular as a medical remedy years ago so some trapper added it to his chunk bait and found that wolves were really attracted to it. Then came the premier lure makers of the last century, Walter Arnold, Herb Lenon and E. J. Dailey who figured that if one ingredient added made for a better bait, then the addition of multiple ingredients that elicit other animal response would be better, so glands, musks, essential oils, crystals, powders, etc. of all sorts were put to the test on long traplines. Generally speaking, the more ingredients added, the better chance of enticing a wary animal to make that final critical step and/or to stay at the set longer once the attractor is accepted. For example, Fox Super All Call has 14 carefully blended ingredients. As I always say, if lures had not proven to be better than plain bait, a few long term commercial lure makers would have went by the wayside years ago. Ace
