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When it comes to silver plating why would Hinkley be using a plating different from Sutton, when there are Govt. imposed standards? I have new Sutton's purchased a week ago, I will see how they hold up. Also for some of the old ones I purchased some Rust-oleum metallic finish, "rich shiny finish fast drying", and I am going to try spraying several spoons, with three coats and see how it works on the upper water column. For the deep water 60-150 I use Stingers silver on one side, green on the other--usually works. Not all Stingers are silver plated, watch the packaging. I also use glow in the dark tape on one side, for deep water. I only fish Seneca Lake. You can tell if a spoon is silver plated by putting small dot of clorox on it, and it immediately tarnishes. You can remove the tarnish with a silver polish.

Sutton spoons are the best.

I started using Sutton spoons in 1963.The sutton 31 worked the best, didn't matter if hammered finish ot not. The trick was trolling fast enough so occasionally the spoon would flip. Last weekend I visited the Sutton Spoon company in Naples, a walk into the twilight zone. When Silver finish on the spoon goes deep it turns white, and chrome turns black. When near the top it has great reflection. Best spoon for Browns is the Sutton West River. Great fun going to the Naples store. The two women that run it are great, lots of time to reminisce. The only other spoons silver plated that really catch Lakers are Michigan Stingers, but a very different action.