1897 Rueben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog


In this old fishing lure gallery you will see a original 1897 Rueben woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog from Syracuse Ny. While the catalog is much larger than shown and carries a vast array of products, more than old fishing lures and reels in this gallery Ill stick to those two products.

The Reuben Woods catalog is a good representation of a general merchandising catalog devoted to the sporting goods and antique fishing tackle world. Companies would sell products to the trade houses in several variations, which in turn can make it difficult to detect who's piece is made by whom unless its very distinctive in the art plate.

These places would sell the lures and reels in either unmarked versions, marked with the true makers names or marked with a line which is distinctively know to be the clearing house or a general line which all trade houses would sell them under.

Some of the lures shown below are Chapman, Loftie, Pflueger, Mann, McHarg, Wakeman and many more.

While I've tried to annotate what I feel are some of the fishing lure or reel origins, I may be incorrect as multiple old fishing lure and old fishing reel makers made similar lines.





1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog 
Page Showing martin Automatic Reels, Yawman and Erbe reels and Wooden Saltwater fishing Reels.

1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the Clinton Reel as well as an unnamed brand of Rubber and Metal Reels. 


1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing unnamed Nickel plated double multiplying and Nickel plated quadruple reels. 
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
 Page Showing unnamed Expert and Tarpon reels.


1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing unnamed fine rubber double  plated quadruple reels, and single action hard Rubber Reels.

1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing all right an feather light reels, and salt water or large lake reels.
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
  Page Showing double multiplying reels.


1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing unnamed  double multiplying reels, and single action raised pillar Reels.

1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing unnamed riveted Nickel and Brass Reels.
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing Woods attractor bait and introducing the lure section of the catalog.


Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Loftie, Harlow, Wakeman and Geen Lures.
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the Monroe Glittering Gang Spoon (A Henry Loftie patented Gang Spoon), Harlow's Fancy Hammered and Fluted Lures, The Wakeman Skeleton Bait,  and the Geen's Minnow.

Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Pflueger, Archer and Loftie Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the Phantom Lure (A Pflueger lure), The Archer Spinner, The Woods Jokers Lures (A Henry Loftie Spoon).
Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Cataog Showing Harlow and Pflueger Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the Harlow Oval Lure, and Kidney Lure Pflueger Hammered Kidney Lures and discusses the Coburg and The Dandy lures.

Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Pflueger, Chapman, and Mann Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the Pflueger Fancy Scaled Blade, a Chapman Mermaid lure, a John Mann Perfect Revolving Lure and discusses a Black Bass Bait.


Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Mann and Harlow Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the John Mann Improved Trolling Lure Lures, and Series of John Harlow lures under the Woods Name, the Extra Fluted Bait, the Salmon Trout Bait, the Canandaigua bait, the Crown Weedless Spoon, and the Double Hammered and Weedless  Spoons.
Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing McHarg Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the John  McHarg American Spinner Lure and Fancy American Spinner Lure, Abalone Spoons, and the Advanced Spoon.

Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Allen, Chapman, and Buel Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the M. B. Allen New Minnow Casting Spoon, the Chapman Allure, and Buel's  New Silver Spinner, and Spinning Bait.

Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Skinner, McHarg and Loftie Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the Skinner Celebrated Fluted Bait, the Extra fine Bass bait and the Adirondack Spinner (Which are both McHarg Lures) , and Monroe Fly Rod Spinner (which is a Henry Loftie Lure).
Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing the P. & S. Bearing Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing P. & S. Ball Bearing Spinner Baits and showing the various finishes and sizes the fishing lures were available in.

Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing the P. & S. Bearing and McHarg Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing P. & S. Ball Bearing Spinner Baits, Abalone Spoons, and the Spoon Minnow Lure and Patent Ball Bait (which are both McHarg Lures).


Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Flyrod Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
  Page Showing the Spinning Coachmen and Interchangeable Fly Rod Lures, as well as Showing the Onondaga Spinner Lure and the various sizes they both came in.
Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing the Harris Frog Lure, and Frog Gangs
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing Brewerton Frog Lure (Which is the Harris Frog) and showing the various rubber frogs and frog gangs and sizes they were available in.

Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing various Bug Lures
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing various bug lures sizes they were available in

Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Complete Trolling Kit
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
Page Showing the Woods Complete Patent Trolling outfit.
Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog Showing Minnow Gangs
1897 Reuben Woods Antique Fishing Tackle Catalog
 Page Showing different minnow gangs.