Other Major Lure Companies
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This page is devoted to the 5 major early lure manufacturers. Heddon, Creek Chub, Pflueger, Shakespeare, and South Bend. There is so much to offer from these companies, that one could not collect them all in a lifetime. Below are some examples.
James Heddon and Sons Dowagiac, Michigan
Heddon Minnows in Green Crackleback.
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| Heddon Wood Box model #100 Minnow. c. 1908 | Heddon L-rig model #150 Minnow. c. 1917 | Heddon Wood Box model #150 Minnow. c. 1908 |
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 Heddon #1600 Deep Diving Wiggler and Box. c. 1915 |
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Heddon Bass Bug and Box.
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| Heddon Artistic Minnow and Bouy. c. 1907 | Heddon #402 Bucktail Surface Minnow. c.1908 |
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| Heddon "OO" Minnow. c. 1915 | Heddon #350 Musky Surfusser. c. 1937 | Heddon Dowagiac #900 Swimming Minnow. c.1910 |
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 Ultra Casting Minnow. This is a Heddon Contract Minnow. c. 1907 |
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| Heddon #3000 Spin-Diver. c. 1918 | Heddon #300 Surface Minnow. c.1918 |
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| Heddon "Slope Nose" Expert. c. 1907-08, Dowagiac, Michigan. | ||||||
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| South Bend Bait Company South Bend, Indiana | ||||||
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| South Bend Vacuum Bait. c. 1921 | Early South Bend Surf-Oreno. c. 1916 | |||||
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| Pflueger Enterprise Mfg. Co. Akron, Ohio | ||
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| Pflueger Surprise Minnow and Box, c. 1915, Akron, Ohio. | 3 Pflueger Metalized Minnows. c. 1912 | 3 early Pflueger Competitor Minnows. c. pre 1910 |
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 Pflueger Kent Floater. c. 1912, Akron, Ohio. |
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| Pflueger Wizard Minnow. c. 1903 | Pflueger Wizard Wooden Minnow in original Wood Slide Top Box. Akron, Ohio, c. 1903 | |||||
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| William Shakespeare Co. Kalamazoo, Michigan | ||||||
 Shakespeare painted Baby Revolution with Rhodes Props. c. 1909 |
 Shakespeare B-notch prop Musky Revolution and 2 Baby Revolutions. c. 1902 |
Shakespeare painted standard Revolution with
B-Notched props. c. 1909
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 Group of Shakespeare Revolutions. c. 1902-1909 |
 Shakespeare #44 Minnow and Box and large paperwork. c. 1918, Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
 Shakespeare #44 Minnow in Wood Box. c. 1909, Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
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 Kalamazoo Minnow. c. 1904 |
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Shakespeare Whirlwind Spinner. c. 1910
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Shakespeare Whirlwind Spinner. c. 1910 | |||||
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| Creek Chub Bait Company Garrett, Indiana | ||||||
 Frame of Creek Chub Wee Dees, Weed Bugs, Pollywiggles, and Gar Minnows. |
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 Creek Chub #100 Wiggler. c. 1910 |
 Creek Chub Sucker. c. 1932, Garrett, Indiana. |
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 Creek Chub Gar Minnow. c. 1927, Garrett, Indiana. |
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| Creek Chub Big Bug Wiggler. c. 1920, Garrett, Indiana. | Creek Chub Weed Bug. c. 1927, Garrett, Indiana. | |||||