Working from memory here, buyer beware... The original Okie Drifter was made by Maxwell Manufacturing, of Vancouver, WA. Some older packaging is labeled, "Okie Drifter/Maxwell Manufacturing". Other packages carry the Grizzly Tackle brand name, but the lures were still a Maxwell product. Luhr-Jensen must have acquired the original Okie Drifter from Maxwell in the early/mid seventies because fishing publications from that time period advertise the "Luhr-Jensen Okie Drifter". Some other iconic originals acquired by Luhr-Jensen included the Les Davis salmon dodger and the Eddie Pope Hot Shot.

This link gives some good insight and history concerning changes in the local fishing tackle manufacturing industry:

http://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...e-getting-away/