PD, you wanna sell that Fire Fish? we could also work a trade out maybe, i have some old reels if you are interested in that stuff...

Fly ,please do!! I would love to see it!! RH,thats the only one I have but I am always coming across stuff,they next one I find has you name on it!!

RH,Here's a very early TT I keep forgetting

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yeah thats an old one for sure... i know that Les Davis also did a remake of the TT, along with Luhr Jensen, but his are called the "Little Teaser" in older ones as you can see in Aud's pic... Davis did his in the 60s, not sure if Shoff did them then, or if it was 70s for him... the originator was Eggelston in the 30s, he was from Walla Walla..

sure is fun to live in Washington State..

Wow redhook,you are the man on these things! Thanks!! heres one last shot,look close at ones above the les davis version and see they are marked Heddon. No idea of the history on these,found them in an envelope at an estate sale.

i just know what ive been told and have read, nothing special...i think Heddon made the originals before they were patented in the 30s, from what ive read about them they are from the late 20s-early 30s and are extremely rare and hard to find.. nice peices...

Les Davis patented his own, he tweaked the tail section and therefore it was a new design he could capitalize on...

i was young and dumb, and lost alot of my old stuff, cuz i used it, i didnt care, it was a lure, not so much anymore...

heres an older Wordens "Jiffy" plug, its probably not that old, but they dont look like this much anymore

Redhook,if you are still out there shoot me a pm

im right here PD

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Jiffy Plug?


Introduced a wife and four daughters to MANY a hatchery trout over the years with that lure

This one has managed to survive 33 yrs....



AWWWWWW.... poor fishy.

Don't worry she got over it....

The look on her face in that first pic is priceless!! Good stuff Doc!

mines a bit bigger than that EF... heres a pic of it next to a K11




ive actually been really tempted to use it behind the planer... it says 4 on it, so im assuming size 4, i have a K5 tho, and this is bigger than that, so its confusing me lol...

An older locally manufactured lure I was given by my father is the Brass Robertson Spoon that was manufactured in Bellingham. one is rigged for fishing and the other still in its original package.




Many lures are designed to catch fishermen as well as fish. Old Mr Boston sold this to catch fishermen only, 100 proof, from the early 70's.

A friend gave Us these 2 wooden plugs last week, they look older (ish)

Top one was made by Rosegard
Bottom was made by Hook Brothers

Any idea how long ago ? Thanx...

I got Hook brothers 1935-53

If anyone would like to sell some Sammy Specials, I'm in the market. For use not collecting.

The Hook bros being pressed eye is a later production plug,I would guess the Rosegard is from the same time frame(1950's). Martin bought Rosegard like so many other plug makers as the market dwindled,and you could still find Rosegards packaged in a plastic bag with a Martin lable up until Martin closed up shop in the 80's