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| What I Collect |
| If you have something that you think I may be interested in,
please email with condition and price. I am not an appraiser! |
| Al Foss : |
Little Egypts with different eye colors and Oriental Wigglers |
| Arbogast : |
Glassed Eyed Tin Lizs and Wooden Jitterbugs |
| Creek Chub : |
2700 series Jointed Pikies |
| Heddon : |
Catalogs, Wooden Crazy Crawlers, Tiny River Runt Go-Deepers, Tiny Torpedos and Tiny Lucky 13s |
| Shakespeare : |
Catalogs, Dopeys, Grumpys, and Pups |
| Miscellaneous : |
Catalogs and Advertisements for all manufacturers |
Please visit
my collection page to see what I have in my collection.
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| Why? |
| I created this site as a
collaboration effort to help me gain knowledge about this hobby by inviting challenges and
help from other collectors. I hope you find my collaborative findings helpful! There
were very few resources on the internet at the inception of this web site and most did not
offer clear color images. I later found that color collecting a particular lure can be an
extreme challenge, if you don't have all the facts. |
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| Why
is my rare color listed as common? |
| I do not list lure colors rare, as this is a
subjective statement. You can draw your own conclusions based on years produced or current
market. Common means the color pattern is common for the lure code or name. I
will list differently, if there is a later or noticeable variation of the original color. |
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| Why
is there a "?" beside the date? |
| I will list a "?" beside a year that has not been
verified from a previous year in a catalog. (Example: 1933-1961?) This indicates that the
lure was cataloged from 1933 to 1961, but may have been cataloged after the last year. |
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| My
Commitment to this Site |
| I plan to keep this site up to date with the
latest information available. I will not post any pricing information because it
is so subjective. Like all other collectibles, it depends who is collecting and the
current state of the economy.
I will not post any information on rating condition, because most
lure collectors have different ideas of rating. All my images are digital and free of
defects; they are not real. |
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| Conclusions Drawn |
| The War years are a little fuzzy for all
manufacturers, so I've drawn some conclusions around those dates. During W.W.II as a
conservation measure, most manufacturers in 1942-45 did not produce lures, but used all
remaining inventory. |
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| Feedback |
| Please tell me what you think about this web
site by sending email to mrnick@tacklecollecting.com.
Any suggestions to improve this web site are greatly appreciated. If you provide me
with your contact information, I will be able to reach you in case I have any questions. |
| How can I help? |
| I am looking for help with images that you may
not see listed on this web site. If you have a lure that you think other collectors would
be interested in, please email me. Do not
worry about condition, because I can take most imperfections out. Check out before and after below!
If you have a scanner, please send image in JPEG format. The resolution should ideally
be around 300dpi set at 100%, for actual size of lure. Try to position lure similar to the
angle that I show on this web site. Crop and exclude any distracting backgrounds, scan
with a white or gray background. A piece of paper on top works just fine.
If you have a digital camera, please try to send image similar to above. Crop the lure
the best you can with no distracting backgrounds. |
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| Most images provided on this web site are not real. They
are computer generated, and are not intended to fool anyone. They are simply provided as a
visual aid to the colors offered from various manufacturers. |
| If you find yourself using this web site as reference and would like to make a donatation to help supplement the cost of this site, please click the above button to donate through PayPal. |
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| Trademark and Copyright Information |
| Some of the manufacturer logos and lure names used on this site are either registered trademarks and/or trademarks by PRADCO Outdoor Brands, Shakespeare Fishing Tackle, or South Bend Sporting Goods. All rights reserved. No part of this web site may be reproduced, stored in any retreival system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means including but not limited to electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recordings, or otherwise, without the written consent of Larry Nicholson. If you make copies of my color guides or simply copy images from my web site to resell, I will prosecute to the highest level of the law in the state of Ohio for the maximum amount allocated for copyright infringements. |
| Thank You |
| First and foremost, I would like
to thank my father; because without him this would not be possible. I can still remember
the first time he took me fishing, me with my cane pole and him with his fly rod. He
taught me to enjoy fishing and to love nature, and if I can become half the outdoorsman he
is, I would consider myself lucky. He also got me started in collecting this old fishing
stuff, with his Christmas gift (a nice old tackle box filled with
old lures from the 1940’s). Secondly, I would like to thank Bill and Lynn Potts. It was
February of 1997 when I first emailed Bill, when he had posted an Orvis reel for sale on
Angler’s labeled snow bound in Ohio. After I emailed him, I found out he just lived a
few miles away. He welcomed me into his home, and taught me the art and history of
collecting. I am fortunate enough to know some of the finest people in collecting.
Thirdly, I would like to thank you (all the individuals of the cyber world). We all
have email names, we all have names, and we all have a compassion about collecting, so
there are numerous individuals who have impacted this web site. This is the information
age, and we have something to learn from each other. Whether it be a story about the fish
we caught, or the unusual lure we found. This hobby has many great people, and I have been
fortunate enough to know some of you.
Thank You,
Larry Nicholson |
Send email to mrnick@tacklecollecting.com
with questions or comments about this web site .
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