In addition, a lures box is often valuable, sometimes worth more than the lure. He was a marketing genius who traveled the country offering spoonplugging seminars and selling. Luc sante s low life is a portrait of america s greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. It provides great depth of knowledge in just about any subject having to do with the city up to 1898. Antique and vintage fishing lures collectors weekly. One of the founding fathers of the nascent fishinglure industry in the united states was the son of a furrier named julio t. Chapman, and the enterprise manufacturing company produced lures that rivaled their overseas counterparts both in quantity and quality. These early wood lures had no markings on them, unlike the later production lures which had markings on the diving lip. Producing some of the best lures in the world for over twenty years. Collectible fishing lures warman s companion field guide to fishing lures.
Lures and snares of old new york is a classic, compulsively readable portrait of old new york from 1840 to 1919, from its opium dens and tenements to the gangsaturated five points, where irish and italian gangs vied for supremacy. Whenever i sit at my work bench and begin making a few lures. Universal history, from the creation of the world to the beginning of. His latest book writing project was nine years in the making and covers over 100 years of lure making history starting in 1875 and covers over 2,500 lures makers throughout. It s not surprising most antique fishing lures you find come from this company. If you are interested in louisiana history, or duck hunting or the art of duck decoys, you will enjoy this book. The story of walter heinze, however, drew us to meet with terry heinze sr. Patterns for mountain lions, bob cats, turkey, goats, and more. History of fishing from ancient time till now all fishing buy. Jun 21, 1981 the most recent issue of the antique angler the address is post office box k, stockton, n.
A history of fishing practices fish fossils found during archaeological digs appear to show that homo habilis then homo erectus were the first fishermen, some 500 000 years ago. Lure history sinking models floating models go deeper models. It also has a section on fishing tackle paraphernalia. What began as a hobby for jeff smith and todd gainer, owners of lelands lures, has now developed into something more. Dunks chipmunk antique lure the dunks chipmunk antique lure comes from a company whose lure history dates back into the early 1920s. Slade, after collecting old fishing tackle since 1958 and contributing articles on old fishing lures for a collector magazine for several years started researching and writing books in the 1990s.
A fishing lure is a type of artificial fishing bait which is designed to attract a fishs attention. The book gives the reader a true image of a particular year in fishing tackle history through advertisements from the time period, detailed facts, and representative photographs. There are a number of excellent books about collecting antique fishing tackle. With the new black hooks, dont be shy about trying these lures on. Weve seen many lure makers over time try to mimic that what nature.
A prehistory of new york city crime and one of the sources of martin scorseses gangs of new york, luc santes lowlife. More than 2,000 photos include hundreds of new lures. An indepth look into lure and bait formulation, this book provides the insight to further your understanding of the ingredients, preservatives, and processes involved with making your own highly effective attractants. Thus, a early shiner minnow floater 250 in red head color code 11 was number 2511. The fisherman s line is a distributor of high quality fishing lures, fishing equipment, saltwater fishing books, and other fishing products and fishing accessories.
However, the few made in 19 tend to be their most valuable. May 10, 2011 bob realized that even though there have been many books published on the subject of old fishing lures that few books covered any detailed history on the old lure makers. The fishermans line is a distributor of high quality fishing lures, fishing equipment, saltwater fishing books, and other fishing products and fishing accessories. Modern fishing gear is not impossible to compare with their progenitors, however the main idea of their individual elements is remained the same. Canadian guide to lure making lure components lure. Many excellent books about fishing and antique fishing lures and tackle are available through the whitefish press. Complete, stepbystep instructions for making knives, bows and arrows, fishing tackle, decoys, gun cabinets, and much. This book is a remake of streaters classic identification book.
We have created a bundle package of pyrography ebooks and wood burning patterns by lora s irish just for you. Measured stream flows are 25 percent or less of the historical average low flow for the period. Greater gotham by mike wallace this monumental sequel to the monumental gotham covers just 21 years, from the. China was the first civilization to make fishing lines of silk, of course, to which they attached delicate bronze hooks. The most recent issue of the antique angler the address is post office box k, stockton, n. Antique fishing lure blog history of the old and antique fishing lure most common types of. Rod building fly tying lure making angler s workshop 580 north st. This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the citys slums.
This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city s slums. Antique lure reference books randys antique fishing lures. For really tiny lures even the smallest sinkers are overkill, so try switching to ball bearings. However, fishing probably only really developed after the appearance of homo sapiens during the upper paleolithic period between 40 000 and 10 000 years bce. Some were written by members of the various collector clubs and others are commercial publications. The formulas detailed in this book serve as guidelines for you, the aspiring lure maker, to incorporate your own ideas. Fishing tackle antiques and collectibles, 328 pages. We expected that there would be lots of duplicates, but we were wrong. Patterns for wolves, moose, buffalo, mustang, deer, and more. It is more of a comprehensive history book on early wood lures, scarce metal baits and rare bass flies. Use a wide blade for a slow and shallow retrieve and use a narrow for a fast and deep retrieve. This book provides a written and visual history of these and many other american lure companies.
Its not surprising most antique fishing lures you find come from this company. Aug 24, 2002 the story of walter heinze, however, drew us to meet with terry heinze sr. If you want to go leadfree, then brass rod can be cut into short lengths and used to weight your lures. But the lure of profits was balanced not only by the distances and navigational hazards. The lure of illustrated childrens books books the guardian. We carry a wide range of fishing, sporting and countryside books, and try to supply any book that you need, in or outofprint. It sets new standards on books that are devoted to documenting the history of fishing tackle.
Joost elffers is the producer of viking studios bestselling the secret language of birthdays, the secret language of relationships, as well as play with your. Trout, redfish, snook, striped bass and tarpon find the ceye heavy dine to be irresistible. In 1950 a second location in clearwater, florida opened up and soon after the mirro lure was produced. Burrows and mike wallace gotham is the first of two volumes, each of which weighs in at well over 1,000 pages. A complete discussion of history and identification of early miscellaneous lures from 1900 to the 1940 s. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. The history of fishing from ancient times till now. Walt fished the kankakee river starting around the 1920 s and was as successful a fisherman as anyone in the area. The main value of this book is in details put together on all the various small early companies and the lures they made. To get a sense of what s essential reading for the new york history neophyte, we asked 11 historians and authors to tell us their favorite books of new york history, along with an explanation of why each title made the cut.
The dunks chipmunk lure lands on the opposite side of the time line dating to the late 1930s early 1940s. This is not a book of obscure horse brains formulas. Collectible fishing lures warmans companion field guide to fishing lures. It is black and white and has little collateral information. Beginning in the mid to late 1800s, firms such as j. Fishing history is starting from ancient and going to modern, showing the improvement of materials and styles of fishing tackle and fishing gear. The spoonplug was made by buck s baits, founded around 1945 by elwood buck perry of hickory, n. It is strictly for those who need to identify lures visually in the field. As i locate them, i will keep adding more to this page, so keep checking back. Walt fished the kankakee river starting around the 1920s and was as successful a fisherman as anyone in the area. If you have the box with it, you just found some gold in your tackle box. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection.
More great antique lure and reel reference books below you will find some more great reference books pertaining to the hobby of antique lure and tackle collecting, that to my knowlege cant be found from the previous resources. Now lelands lures carries many products for trout and crappie enthusiasts. After reading kellen s book, youll have a better understanding of the oils, essences, musks, tinctures, glands, and urines available in the trapping industry today. The formulas detailed in this book serve as guidelines for you, the aspiring lure maker, to incorporate your. Fishing lures have been around about as long as prehistoric humans have contrived ways to catch fish. Dec 18, 2009 to order 1001 childrens books you must read before you grow up for. Our fishing editor has spent 50 years assembling the perfect tackle box. We have created a bundle package of pyrography e books and wood burning patterns by lora s irish just for you. The spoonplug was made by bucks baits, founded around 1945 by elwood buck perry of hickory, n. These two, with many other friends and family, were. Luc santes low life is a portrait of americas greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. Karl whites book and ive seen them priced in that range at tackle shows. A complete discussion of history and identification of early miscellaneous lures from 1900 to the 1940s. This is the final word on general pricing at this time other than ebay.
Patterns for large horse portrait mantel board, and more. Complete, stepbystep instructions for making knives, bows and arrows, fishing tackle, decoys, gun. Page 12 the canadian guide to lure making canadas source for lure making parts is real pros sportfishing. Jan 22, 2019 moonlight bait company made a lot of lures back in the day. A dead girl returns from the grave and lures a high school student down the road to terror to fear street an isolated block believed to be haunted by shocking.
Classic fishing lures and angling collectibles by d. Cochybonddu books are leading international dealers in new and outofprint books on angling, game shooting, sporting dogs and falconry. Penguin books the art of seduction robert greene, author of the 48 laws of power, has a degree in classical literature. Following is a list of the 35 most valuable antique fishing lures, according to white s newest books.
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