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View fullsize This Monday morning story is all about the Pflueger Pal-O-Mine lure. A top seller for many years in the Pflueger line. Here's the link: https://bass-archives.com/pflueger-pal-o-mine/ #pflueger #pfluegerpalomine #bassfishingarchives #classicfishingl
View fullsize New/old Bomber I just got in the mail!
View fullsize Picked up these two classics at an antique store, for $1 each! Big fan of Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman (and other tiki music artists). What a cool find, at an awesome price. #tiki #tikimusic #martindenny #arthurlyman #classicvinyl #classicalbums #
View fullsize Here's my pic in the 2025 Mepps catalog, which I wrote about and linked to yesterday. #meppscatch #mepps #meppsspinners
View fullsize Monday Mepps story looks at bass pics in a series of catalogs over the last 50 years, including one of the best photos they've ever published, in the 2025 catalog...of me! Haha! Here's the link: https://bass-archives.com/mepps-catalog-bass-photos/
View fullsize My Bass Oreno tackle box. #bassoreno #southbendbassoreno #bassfishingarchives #fishinglures
View fullsize Today's BFA post is an oldie but goodie, my review of Kevin Virden's biography of the great Fred Arbogast, creator of the Jitterbug, Hula Popper and other classic lures. Link: https://bass-archives.com/fred-arbogast-a-biography-of-akrons-greatest-ang
View fullsize Seems like every autumn we get one or two walking stick insects around the cabin. Fortunately, Kim saw this one in the door jam before it got squished. Such a cool insect! #walkingstickinsect
View fullsize Weber Swim King. A Jitterbug-style lure that looks like a cartoon alligator. #weberfishing #weberswimking #vintagefishinglures
View fullsize Vintage Bass Oreno. Crazy about this classic lure. https://bass-archives.com/bass-oreno-worlds-greatest-plug/ #bassoreno #southbendbaitco #classicfishinglure #bassfishingarchives
View fullsize My Monday BFA story is a review of the great Cal Johnson's 1925 book "The Fly-Rod for Bass." Johnson is one of my favorite outdoor writers and he does not disappoint in this one. Read it here: https://bass-archives.com/fly-rod-for-bass/ #c
View fullsize The old Rabble Rouser, a popular bait in the 1970s. Really one of the most unique-looking lures ever created. Mike McCabe has a great video about the Rabble Rouser on his YouTube channel, @anglingarchaeology. Here's the url: https://youtu.be/hQY5ASO
View fullsize Vintage Pflueger Pal-O-Mine lures. The Pal-O-Mine was introduced by Pflueger in 1925. It was a popular lure in Pflueger's line-up for decades. #pflueger #pfluegerpalomine #akronohio #classicfishinglures #oldfishinglures
View fullsize Medalist Monday piece takes a short walk through the 1960 Pflueger Tackle Catalog No. 196. Vintage reels, rods and lures in beautiful illustrations. Go directly to the Bass Fishing Archives page or copy and paste this link: https://bass-archives.com
View fullsize A true vintage Heddon Torpedo. The Heddon Torpedo looks a lot different today; it's a lot fatter, is plastic, and the blades are shaped differently. But these old, streamlined wood Torpedoes were something special. #heddonlures #heddontorpedo #vinta
View fullsize Vintage South Bend Bass Oreno, c.1940s. No.973BW - black head, white body. Not really a rare color, but could have been, I'm guessing, one of the most popular colors had not the red head, white body combo so overtaken it in popularity. It reminds me
View fullsize Monofilament Monday @bassfishingarchives story is about a 1940 B.F. Gladding Company catalog of fishing line offerings. When men had pipes in their teeth and big fish in their hands. Read all about it here: https://bass-archives.com/fish-line-facts/
View fullsize Another Sears JC Higgins River-Runt-style lure made by Paw Paw. I'm guessing this one is from sometime in the 1950s. I have to say, it runs much better than the Lippy Joe I showed 3 or 4 weeks ago. Caught a couple of bass on it and it was a pleasure
View fullsize Our last day up north enjoying the fall colors. Stunningly beautiful day. #northernwisconsin #fallcolors
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