Heddon Zig Wag Lures

In this gallery we spotlight the Heddon Lure, the Zig Wag. Heddon's Series number 8300 was originally produced in and around 1928. This famous antique Heddon fishing lure was originally released with a Hang Tag card, and a Zig Wag decal on the bottom of the bait. You will also come across boxes that have the Zig Wag advertisement in the bottom of the down bass box. I personally believe that the Zig wag shown with no eyes is a patent version. There have been a dozen or a half a dozen to surface. If you view the patent info on the Zig Wag you will note that it shows it without eyes, thus my personal belief.

The antique lure, the Heddon Zig Wag was around for quite some time and was offered up in a myriad of hook, hardware eye and color variations. The Zig Wag can be found in L Rig Hardware, Two piece Flap Rig, Toilet Seat, and Finally String Rigged. Lures can be found in Glass and painted eye as well. You'll note that although similar the paint patterns varies by the combinations of the head to the body an vice versa.

Some of the assorted antique lure colors below have take a life time to assemble in a collection. The amount of colors one can assemble is as vast as the imagination. And although some of the lures may be lacking in quality below, the scarceness of the colors all  but makes up for any blemishes. Some of the lures below are a few of the only known color examples or are but of a handful known to exist.

1929 Heddon Zig Wag Series 8300 Cataloged Color Codes

White Body, Red Head  8302
Bull Frog 8309 BF
Green Scale 8309 D
Pike Scale 8309 M
Shiner Scale 8309 P
Natural Scale 8309 R
Green Scale Red Head 8309 DRH
Pike Scale Red Head 8309 MRH
Shiner Scale Red Head 8309 PRH
Natural Scale Red Head 8309 RRH

 

  




Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Blue Head Shiner Scale
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag 
Blue Head Shiner Scale,  Glass Eyes, L Rig.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Black Head and Solid White
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Top: Black Head White Body, Bottom Solid White, Glass Both Glass Eyes, L Rig.


Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Black head White Body
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
White Head Black Body, Glass Eyes, L Rig
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Wag Blue herring
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag  
King Zig Wag, Glass Eyes, Blue Herring Color. String  Rig Hardware

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag  Bar Perch
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Rare Bar Perch, Glass Eye, L Rig Hardware, shown with Down Leaping Bass Box.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag  Black Head Red Body
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Black Head Red Body, Glass Eye, L Rig Hardware.
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Crackle Back
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag  
  Crackle Back Color, Glass Eye, L Rig Hardware, shown with Heddon Down Leaping Bass Box.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Dace
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Dace Color, Glass Eye, L Rig Hardware.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Gold
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Gold Color, Glass Eye, L Rig Hardware. 
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Group
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Heddon Series No. 8300 Zig Wags. Luny Frog, Red and Black Spots, Pearl, and Silver Herring.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Green Scale
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Green Scale in Color, Glass Eyes, Taper Tail intro model, L Rig Hardware.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Luny Frog
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Luny Frog Color, Glass Eyes, L Rig Hardware.
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Luminous
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Luminous in Color, Glass Eye, Two piece Flap Rig Hardware.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag No Eye Red head Aluminum
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Red Head, Aluminum. No Eye, L Rig. About a half dozen of these are known. I believe to be the patent models, as if you look on the Heddon Zig Wag patent its shown with no eyes.


Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Pikescale
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Pike Scale Color, Glass Eyes, L Rig Hardware.
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Red Head Pearl
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag 
Red Head Pearl, Glass Eye, Heavy Duty L Rig hardware.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Rainbow
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Rainbow in Color, Glass Eye, Taper Tail intro model. L Rig Hardware.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Rainbow Scale
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Rainbow Scale, Glass Eye, L Rig Hardware.
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Red Head Crackle Back
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Red Head Crackle Back, Glass Eye, L Rig Hardware.

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Red Hed Pike Scale
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Red Head Pike Scale, L Rig Hardware, Glass Eye. Shown with Up Leaping Bass Box.


Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Pike Scale
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag  
Shiner Scale, Glass Eye, Intro Model Taper tail. L Rig Hardware.
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Red head Strawberry Spot
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag 
Red Head Strawberry Spot. Glass eye, L Rig Hardware

Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag Yellow Shore
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
King Zig Wag, Yellow Shore, String Rig.


Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Silver herring Color, Glass Eye, L Rig.
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag  Frog Scale
Antique Lure the Heddon Zig Wag
Frog Scale, and Red head Frog Scale. L Rig, Glass Eyes.

   

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