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Old Fishing Lures Made by Miscellaneous Makers
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visual representation without all the details of these antique fishing lures please visit the Misc Lure
Gallery from the button
or lure to the right Labeled Misc Lure gallery.
Charmer Minnow
Made by The Charmer Minnow Co.,
Springfield Missouri. Circa 1910, Patent # 972,748, shown below. Commonly
referred to as the Barber Pole Bait, the Charmer minnow is a classic old and
antique fishing lure. The lure was created by F. W. Breder and J. H. Loyd. The
Charmer Minnow has been found in 3 sizes, with or without eyes, and a assortment
of colors.
Chippewa Skipper
Marketed by C. J. Frost, Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, Circa 1915. It is thought that this lure is actually a Immell lure,
although it was never sold along side its thought to be brother. The Chippewa
Skipper can be found in two different colors, green back and strawberry spot. C.
J. Frost was supposed to be one of the first fishing tackle distributors or
business in Wisconsin. C. J. was a noted female fly tier.
The Expert
Minnow
Made by F. C. Woods and Company, Alliance, Ohio. Circa 1903-10. One Shown with the
correct wood box. As a antique fishing lure collector one would be completely
remiss if we didn't stop an take a look at what some would refer to as the
quintessential minnow. As described in Kimball's book in great length, Charles
Shaffer and his Expert Minnow clearly began before the listed Circa date above
in, arguably is one of the first wooden minnow production lure manufacturers. The
antique fishing lure the Woods expert is to to have taken its namesake due to a concern about his current
job endeavors. Beyond the historic prelude we see that there is a striking
resemblance between what is patented first by Shafer and what later is shown on
the type two hooks and expert lure shown with them. In the early 1900's is was
apropos and a seemed to be the latest and hottest trend to claim you minnow had
removable hooks, of which I believe it the embodiment or result of the influence
of Woods Expert Minnows. Most collectors will see the similarities through the
complete evolution of the Expert from the Shaffer, to the Woods, to the Clarks
and finally to the Keeling. From the difference in the markings, to the holes in the
props and most notably for the Type 1 and Type two hooks, of which the patents
are shown below the antique fishing lure, the Expert has gained in its notoriety and
historic provenance within the
antique fishing lure collecting community.
Shaffer
Expert 
Type
2 Hooks
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