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Little Cleo

Acme's curved trolling and casting spoon — wider belly than a Kastmaster, more pronounced wobble at slower speeds. Standard for stillwater rainbow trout, Great Lakes salmon, and slow-trolled walleye.

Also calledlittle cleo spoon · cleo

The Little Cleo is the Kastmaster's softer sibling. Where the Kastmaster is a tight-wobble missile, the Cleo has a curved spoon-bowl shape that swings wider and slower in the water — better for cold-water fish that won't chase a fast-moving lure.

The most-fished sizes are 1/3 oz and 1/2 oz, in chrome, gold, "red devil" (red-and-silver), and the iconic Acme "rainbow trout" paint job. Drop the lure to depth, then retrieve at the slowest speed that keeps the wobble engaged — usually slower than feels right.

Trolled at 1.5-2.5 mph behind a planer board or downrigger, the Cleo is one of the most reliable lake trout and coho salmon lures ever made. From shore on a stocked rainbow pond, a steady slow retrieve through the cruising lane outfishes plastics most days.