GP2,

Wholehearted agree with your statement...
I, for one, am not stuck on strictly using spoons- although they do put a lot of fish in my boat. I "match the hatch" with size and silhouette at a given time of year. So I may use a variety of lures.

I have been doing a ton of research over the last couple years. In my dealings with tackle manufactures they all agree that glow versions work better. Not necessarily because the lures are seen better, but because the luminescence provides a more natural setting (or environment) for Salmon [in particular]. E.g., Zooplankton and phytoplankton exhibit bioluminescence and continue to glow once the ultra-violet light source has been removed. This glow slowly fades and once no longer visible to the human eye after several seconds, minutes or hours, it is still detectable by salmon. This is why I choose lures that glow "all-round."

I have done some side-by-side experiments
with spoons (one side painted/silver) and all glow lures/baits. Although these experiments are not conclusive and need many more hours of testing, they do have my attention! All glow out produced 3 to 1.

Nothing against the 'Yote... they still a place in my boat under certain conditions.