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Lure Collectors' Links

Here are the links to some great lure collecting related sites.


Favorite Lure Links:

Lure collecting central is "Joe's Old Lures Message Board". A daily read is a prerequisite of understanding the hobby. It's here.

The very best site on the web for a comprehensive reference for Heddon colors is Tom Jacomet's "Lure Lore". Click on "Heddon Codes". Then "Color ID Charts". It's here.
Robbie Pavey, Mr Lure Box, has a dynamite site for all sorts of information on lures and lure boxes and pictures of one of the world’s finest collections. It's here.

Dr. Mike Echols' new site about collecting the classics. Lots of excellect pictures of early Heddon lures as well as some of the "other companies" classics are displayed. You can also learn a lot while you're enjoying the pictures. The site is packed with information about the early lures and boxes and collecting in general. It's here.
Gabby Talkington's and Randy Beaman's AntiqueLures.com is packed with comprehensive information about early Lure Boxes, Underwater Minnows, and early Heddon and other baits. It is a huge site but with good navigation aids to make it easy to find exactly what you're looking for. It's one of the best lure reference sites on the web. It's here.
If you want real time information about what's happening in the Lure Collecting world Phil White's "Old Fishing Stuff" is where it's at. It's always being updated with all sorts of good data, from upcoming shows to ebay highlights and everything in between. I visit it at least once a month. It's here.
Here's another great site. Larry Nicholson has provided page after page of color information for all of the major companies. It's very professionally done. One of the best. It's here.


Lang's Auctions have the reputation for selling the highest quality antique tackle with integrity.
You can check out their latest offerings here.


Matt Lollman has put up a new site that is professionally done and packed with lots of pictures of old lures as well as good historical information and information about collecting them. It should certainly be on everyone's "favorites" list
To go to the site click here.



Here's another exceptional site. Shane Knight and Derrick Bulkley have provided a new site with hunderds and hundreds of pictures of some of the toughest lures anywhere. One of the best old lure sites on the web..!!!
It's here.



Here's a link to Randy Nelson's "Antique Fishing Collectables" web site. He has bunches of pictures of really old and rare baits, reels too.... It's a neat site. It's here.



Here's a link to Dr. Todd Larson's new Blog titled "The History of Fishing and Fishing Tackle". It has loads of interesting, quality information and is well done and certainly worth periodic visits. here.


Links To Antique Lure Information Sites:

  • Collector's Clubs:

    •     The National Fishing Lure Collector's Club - NFLCC
        Florida Antique Tackle Collectors - FATC
        Carolina Antique Tackle Collectors - CATC

  • Reference Books:

    •     "Old Flyrod Lures" by John & Jim Muma  Excellent reference for all makes of Flyrod baits.
        "South Bend Fishing Lures" by Terry Wong  Detailed Info on all South Bend Lures.

  • Heddon Information:

    •     Takayuki Shiraiwa's Crazy Crawler Page" Japanese site has excellent Crazy Crawler reference info.
        John Miller's Game Fisher site    Here's a good reference for Game Fisher colors.
        Joe' Stagnitti's page    A little bit of very good lure and box info.
        Sam Husselman's Fishing Page    Crazy Crawler Info
        Floyd Roberts' "Antique Fishing Lures"    Lots and Lots of Heddon Info.

  • Fred Arbogast Co. Information:

    •     Kevin Fiedler's "JitterMania"   Excellent site packed full of Jitterbug information.

  • Creek Chub Information:

    •     Fred Sweeney's "Creek Speak"   An Outstanding site for Creek Chub Information.
        The CCBCO Surfster Experience   Charlie Santangelo's great site about CCBCO Surfsters
  • South Bend Information:

    •     Floyd Roberts' site   Floyd's site is also one of the best for South Bend info.
        South Bend Collector by Marie Munson   Now features early movies relating to South Bend

  • Shakespeare Information:

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  • Florida Lure Information:

    •     Antique Fishing Lures, Reels & Tackle Information Site   Ron Gast's Florida Lure site
        Bernie Schultz Fishing Info on Florida Lures, other early companies and general fishing, GREAT SITE..!!

  • Other Companies Information:

    •     SmithwickCollector.Com Alan Peters' great new site with lots of Smithwick Info.
        Bob Hart's Saltwater Lure Page Excellent site about Saltwater Lures, picts and lots of info.
        Shoreline BT   Another excellent Saltwater lure site by Tom Clayton
        Hoosier Fishing Lure Infomation   Excellent Site about lures made in Indiana.
        FishingCollectables.com Earl Grant's revised site with lots of info about F.C. Keeling Baits -great!!-.
        Darwin's Bombers   Loads of info for the Bomber collector on Darwin Stewart's site.
        Bob Vermillion's Site   Interesting site about Vermilion lures and early hand-mades.
        Phil Kiefer's L&S Bait Co. Site Lots of good information about L&S Lures.
        Hugh Fisher's Angler's Antiques Good info about Clark's Water Scouts. A lot going on here.

  • General Lure Collecting Information:

    •     ----- ebay -----   ebay Listings: "Lures"


    Links To Antique Lure Collector's Pages:

        David's Old Lures  David Wiese has provided a great site with tons of pictures and good info.
        Todd Long Tackle  A nice new site about Todd's Chuggers, Chugger Jrs and Wounded Spooks.
        Mick's Fish Attic  Craig and Roger Dutcher's nifty new site about their collections.
        K & J Fishing Rod Service  Jerry Jolly's site with his Pflueger Metal collection.
        Robert & Charmain Barbel's Site  Rob's Crawler collection and some other interesting pages.
        Andy Sonnier's Lure Site  Nice new site w/pictures of Andy's collection and some for sale.
        Buddy Parsons' "Buddy's Lure Site"  Lots and lots of lures for sale.
        Dave & Heidi Dennison "Anglers Attic"  A neat site with a section which has collectors favorite lures.
        Juan's "Lure Exchange.Com"  Good site for collectors of Heddon Spooks, especially Torpedos.
        Glen Brewton's "Grumpypup's"  Neat site with Heddon Rainbows and lots of Bombers.
        Steve's Bait-n-Tackle Shop  Nice Display of South Bend and Tulsa Lures
        Ted Lanham's Lure Lovin' Homepage     Nice Creek Chub Pictures.
        Gary's Antique Tackle     Gary Domi's pictures of Heddon Plastics.
        Marty's Mustang Page     Pictures of Pflueger Lures by Marty McGovern
        William Richardson's "Hooked on Lures" Picts of his collection and lure stands for sale.
        my Bait Shop . com     Keith Bell's pages. Nice site w/some Heddon history.
        Cox Tackle Box     Site with nice pictures by Bill Jr. and Bill SR.
        Lures for Sale, Lures for Trade     Ron and Maria Bennett's Page
        Mike Gueringer's Basser's   Picts of his great Basser collection and lots of other Heddons.
        Paul Bunyan Bait Co.   Allen Bakke's site with lots of good lure and decoy pictures.
        John's Old Fishing Lures   John and Patrick Greaney's pictures of their collections.

  • International Sites:

    •     Wolfgang Kalweit's "altes-angelgeraet" (old-fishingtackle) Interesting site, even if you can't read German.
        The Neo-Mouse Club     Ichiro Okano's Great Japanese Site
        Vintage Fishing Tackle by John and Anne Ayres     A very good site from England
        Kazz Fishing Page   A nice Japanese Site with a lot of Heddon Spook info.


    Links to Lure Collecting Supplies:

  • Display Case Suppliers:

    •     Cox Custom Cases    
        Wooden Display Cases. Com    
        Indian River Display Cases   I've bought cases from these folks and was satisfied.
        email Arthur and Karen Edwards   They have nice cases. I have one. Recommended!
        Meadows Display Cases   They were at the Nationals and have some nice stuff.
        email Otter Creek Cases   Ken Reznicek's cases are first class and highly recommended. 620-364-2546
        email John Mack   Johnny Mack has great prices. He's usually at the Lure Shows.

  • Lure Stand Suppliers:

    •     Lure Stands of Hardwood and Plastic     Gabby Talkington's nifty stands
        Lure Stands of Old Wood     William Richardson's wood stands

  • Lure/Rod Parts Suppliers:

    •     Jann's Netcraft     Small parts for lure/rod repair & building

    Vamps for Fishing:

  • Lure Suppliers:

    •     mentzerlures.com   Jim Mentzer makes wooden Vamps for fishing.They still catch fish...!!!


    Links to Lure Show Schedules:

        www.joeyates.com     Joe Yates' "Upcoming Shows" page
        Old Fishing Stuff .com     Phil White's page with show schedules
        The Florida "Upcoming Exhibitions Information" page   The Official FATC show Calendar


    Links to Reel Collecting Sites:

        Reelmans Antique Fishing Tackle Merv Bortner's Reel site. Some of wife's Beer lures too. Nice Site.!


    Official US Time:

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