Heddon Vamp Lure
The Heddon Vamp Lure is a series 7500 and measures 4 1/2″ in length. This antique lure was first produced in 1920, and from then on was a regular staple in the James Heddon and Son fishing lure lineup for over 50 years. This antique fishing lure was made in a wide array of era specific colors and shades. During its time its seen body shapes vary from tapered to thin to fat.
We have a nice Vamp in on consignment this week, click below to view.
Over the course of its lifespan the Heddon Vamp Lure was made from various materials wood, as well as plastic. Through its tenure the antique fishing lure saw hardware configuration changes from the L rig, to Toilet Seat, and on to 2 Piece flap rig, and finally after 1948 they moved to surface rig. The fishing lure itself over time saw changes in its eyes from glass eyes, zinc eyes, tack nail eyes and finally painted eyes. Dependent on era the Vamp Lure even saw changes in the diving lip and was even available for a short time via special order without the lip. The antique Heddon Lure could be found housed in both down and up leaping bass boxes, brush boxes, banner, and even later cello boxes or window boxes.
Below I’ve only touched the surface on the variations of the wooden Heddon Vamp Lure. I will continue to add to this page as I pull more files out of my database, so book mark it and stop by often.
Here is a showcase of a good friend of mines collection of Vamps
Some of the Colors Shown below in the gallery have following numbers on the end of the boxes.
K Goldfish
M Pike Scale
YG Yellow and Gold Spot
YB Yellow and Black
LUM Luminous
PL Pearl
D Green Scale
P Shiner Scale
01 Rainbow
00 Fancy Green Crackle Back
W White
S Strawberry Spot
G Black
PAS Allen Stripey
J Frog Scale
RH Red Head Flitter
RET Red Eye and Tail
BF Luny Frog
Z Rainbow Scale
L Perch Scale Finish
1927 Heddon Catalog Cut
Famous Heddon Vamp Family
The Most Consistent Fish Getter of Them All
The Vamp family all have a distinct likeness to a Baby Pikie Minnow, and from the first, proven favorites for all game fish. Hundreds of letters are received from boosters of these baits. We quote from only two which are fair samples.
“I think your vamp is the best you ever made. I caught 13 bass out of 14 strikes. Please rush my order please.”
“Caught a 15lb Big Mouth on the Vamp. I call it a one of the best baits ever put out. The cripple effect it has in the water gets the big ones. Heddon Minnows are for me.”
Heddon Vamp Series 7500: Especially beautiful and deceptive in finish.Attractive diving swimming movements, A Head liner for all game fish. Consistently Increasing in demand proves this is a real fish getter.
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The Heddon Vamp Lure Hardware Gallery shows some of the various hook hardware configurations used, Bar and Toilet not Shown.
The Heddon Vamp Lure Color Gallery will show you you some of the various Heddon Color Codes available on the Vamp
