But the teaspoon of sugar weighs about 4 grams while a teaspoon of salt weighs 6 grams. So, an online converter for grams to teaspoons would have to have a large database of ingredients. It couldn't rely on a simple mathematical conversion formula, like liters to gallons or pounds to kilograms.
That action makes marabou jigs a good imitator of baitfish and insects such as mayflies. âIt will catch big ones, but it is more of a numbers bait,â Feider said. He has caught smallmouth up to 6 pounds on one.
Modern maraca balls are also made of leather, wood, or plastic. Often, one ball is pitched high and the other low. There is archaeological evidence of clay maracas in Colombia from 1500 years ago. The word maraca is thought to have come from the Tupi language of Brazil, where it is pronounced 'ma-ra-KAH'. They are known in Trinidad, Dominica and the French Antilles as shac-shacs. The leather maracas were introduced in 1955 by a Venezuelan percussionist.