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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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View fullsize Up in the Musky Capital of the World, Boulder Junction, WI. As we pulled in yesterday, I stopped at a little roadside river hotspot where we've had good luck in the past. Cast twice and on the 2nd cast hooked an absolute giant smallmouth. Bent the ro
View fullsize My Mepps Monday story for Bass Fishing Archives. About an awesome ad the company released back in the day. Anyone remember this great advertising campaign? Here's the link: https://bass-archives.com/mepps-nobodys-perfect/ #bassfishingarchives #mepp
View fullsize Luhr Jensen's B.A.S.S. special collector's edition South Bend Bass-Oreno. Released in 2000, this one pays homage to the original red, white and blue Bass-Oreno given to folks who bought $50 U.S. Savings Bonds during the Great Depression. I like these
View fullsize Went out for 3 hours yesterday evening. Did pretty well. Caught a bunch of largemouth throwing a spinnerbait and an old, old Paw Paw JC Higgins Lippy Joe. The spinnerbait far and away outperformed the Lippy Joe. I found that I really had to slow my r
View fullsize A couple of old Paw Paw Master Wiggler baits. I have only a superficial knowledge of the history of the Paw Paw bait company, and even some of that seems a little conflicting. I read somewhere that they stopped producing lures in 1964, but I also rea
View fullsize My Mellifluous Monday BFA post is a pretty sweet one (see what I did there?). It's a simple post spotlighting some great old Pflueger Pocket Catalogs full of appealing images of vintage Pflueger lures. To me, It's eye candy. Here's the link: https:/