Heddon Trade Catalog 1927 In this Heddon Trade Catalog 1927 is a great example of an early Heddon Catalog, At almost 100 years old we get a glimpse into the world of James Heddon of Dowagiac Michigan. 1927 Heddon Trade Catalog
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Winchester Line Spool The Winchester Line Spool 97 years ago this silk fishing line with its graphic label of a fish taking a antique fishing lure was introduced to the public by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (est 1866), a prominent American maker of rifles, guns, knives, tools, and fishing tackle, located in New Haven, […]
Adjustable Wing Lure Challenge Tackle The Adjustable Wing Lure was made by Challenge Tackle Company of Medville Pennsylvania. This antique lure dates to around 1951 and can be found in a Tube inside its single piece folding cardboard box. The lure is a mottled colored plastic and it actually two halves fused together. There is […]
Trade House Tackle, Part 20:F.W. Woolworth’s Frank Winfield Woolworth founded a true American iconic institution, and changed the way American business conducted their affair. The company he founded, F.W. Woolworth & Co., also sold a ton of fishing tackle, some of it branded. Born in upstate New York in 1852, he began working in a […]
Fishing For History, Trade House Tackle
52 Trade Houses in 52 Weeks Part 6 Yates Sporting Goods of Arizona
52 Trade Houses in 52 Weeks Part 6 Yates Trade House Tackle, Part VI: The Yates Sporting Goods Stores of Arizona Who would have thought we’d be profiling not one but two Arizona trade houses in the first two months? Such is the sad state of knowledge concerning Southwestern fishing tackle. First it was the […]
Antique Lures, Antique Reels, Collectible Fishing Empherma (Books, Catalogs, Photos, Etc), Fly Fishing
Hibbard Spencer Bartlett Fishing Catalog 1893
Hibbard Spencer Bartlett Fishing Catalog 1893 This Hibbard Spencer Bartlett Fishing Catalog from 1893 is one of my all time favorite catalogs, as well as favorite covers. Ive always been seduced by the 19th century fishing tackle makers. My favorite period of time being between the civil war and the turn of the 19th century. […]