Buying Lures for a New Technique

[IowaBasser]

I've been holding the monkey at bay all spring - but I'm not sure if I can keep up the fight.

If I like a specific lure, I like to have at least 2 of them. I mean identical: the same brand, same size, same color, etc. That way if the fish are biting and I lose one I always have a back-up or I have an extra one to loan to a buddy. I also usually have another lure of the same brand, but maybe in a different color or different size.

What do you do when you want to try a new technique and there are so many options? In this case for me it's lipless crankbaits. Are you more likely to pick up a half dozen lipless cranks in assorted brands and colors -or- are you more likely to make your best guess and just buy one or two.

This is my short list:
Spro Aruku Shad color: Cell-Mate

Strike King - Red Eye Shad colors: Bad-To-The-Bone, Bleeding-Gizzard-Shad, Fire-Tiger, & Bleeding-Fire-Tiger

XCalibur One Knocker colors: Chrome-Black, & Oxbow

Xcalibur Xr50 Real Gill color: Chicken-Pox

...and I haven't even figured out sizes!