Identifying/Naming marble color patterns on the Little Sac lures is not an exact science. The "Marbling Process" can yield remarkably different appearances on baits, even when done with the exact same colors. Below are 3 Nianguas which we believe were produced with the same colors, but they look remarkably different.

Although these 3 are most likely all the same color, the striking difference in appearance made us decide that we would like to include them all in our collection.

Sometimes the best you can do is make an educated guess as to the colors used. The more Marbles you see, the better you'll be able to decipher the colors that were most likely used. There are times when a Marble is almost, if not totally, unidentifiable. Such as the lure pictured below.



Even Lanier, could not be 100% as to the correct Marble name for it. In all likelihood it is Yellow/Bone/Black Marble, but there is no way to be 100%. Lanier tried to help us ascertain the correct identity at the Milwaukee Show in 2002. Finally, a ruling was made to create a name for the color. Colleen was very happy to offer up the suggestion of "Harvest Moon". Which Lanier agreed would be an appropriate name. He then signed the box as such for us. We were happy with the ruling as well, because we could consider it a different color and add it to our collection.

What made the bait unidentifiable was the lack of an observable base color. Typically most Marbles will have a distinguishable base color that is more dominant than the other colors used. It is quite often noticeable at the nose of the lure. Such as in the lure pictured below.



This lure is Red/Bone/Blue Marble. Note the Red at the nose of the lure. Red was the base color for the lure; therefore, we place it first in the name of the lure. It is important to note that this "naming system" is our naming system. It is not a system that was established by Little Sac Bait Company. We devised this sytem for two reasons. First, we wanted to have a consistent way to name and keep inventory of our Marble Nianguas. Secondly, we found it gave us an opportunity to add more Marble Nianguas to our collection. We'll explain that more shortly.

Back to the naming of the Marble Nianguas. Below is an example of a lure that does not have a distintive base color at the nose of the lure.



It does; however, have a dominant color. It would be the Bone which is strongly evident on the sides of the lure. In our system this lure is named Bone/Red/Blue Marble, becaue Bone is the base color. We always list the base color first in the name. The other colors used are impossible to determine as to the order of introduction to the lure. So, we just go with what flows (sounds) best.

Now to get back to the ability to add more Marble Nianguas to our collection. The two lures above could be considered the same, as they have the same colors used in the Marble - Red, Bone and Blue. We choose to view them as two different Marbles, because the base color was different on them. This affords us the opportunity to add more!!! We also consider any Marbles which Little Sac Tackle gives a "specific name" to (such as Bloody Marble), as different regardless of whether the same colors were used to create another unnamed Marble Niangua. Below would be an example of that. The one on the left is named (stamped on the box - Bloody Marble). The one on the right we call Yellow/Red/Black Marble. They may have had the same colors used in their creation, but because one was given a "specific name" we added them both.


Right or wrong, this is our way to name and identify Marble Nianguas. And as the old saying goes - "If it ain't broke; don't fix it!!!"

We hope that you found some of this information helpful or at least entertaining!!!

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Tim & Colleen