Heddon Hedd Hunter

[diemai]

@ fishaholiclures

One thing I'd say ,.......you're just an encyclopaedia on legs ,........can it happen to be that you've got an university grade on fishing lures !

@ laz

Guess , that your missus is scared about you as well ,........that's why she won't tell that particular site ,........anxious about financial disaster !

Don't tell her , t'was me ................check this :

http://www.thehardbaitdatabase.com ,.........maybe , you'd find it there ?

greetz , Dieter

[laz]

Diemai if my missus is scared about the financial disaster she ain't showing it ( she is blonde though )she bought me this lap top yesterday just so i can talk to you blokes

[fishaholiclures]

Deiter,
Whilst I retain some reasonable cognitive ability even as the years advance (too quickly I may add), I fall back on my reference books.
For the US stuff, I have a few of Russell E Lewis's excellent books on early collectible lures going back to the 1930's, a dedicated Heddon book also by Lewis, an English collectors book that isn't 1/2 as good, but handy for some of the popular devons, and for the Aussie lures I rely heavily on Frank Prokop's (jigmaster in here) fantastic titles as well as some old 'how to fish with lures' type books and a bunch of magazines going back to the early 1960's.

So while it may look like I have all these facts rolling around in my head, there is more an index of where I might find the relevant facts when needed.....and of course where would any of us be without the wonderful information at our fingertips on the "NET".
I have answered many questions in here and of my own by doing some concerted 'yahoo searching'

Brad

[diemai]

@ fishaholiclures

As a pure collectors book I only own "Old Fishing Lures And Tackle " 5th edition , by Carl F. Luckey , an American issue .

Since I am not a lure collector in the sense of the meaning , I just mailordered it from England years ago out of curiosity about those ancient lure models and as a reference to make knock-offs of one or another model , because I wanted to know , how they would act in the water .

I also own a few more English and American books , of course some German issues as well , but these are rather more dealing on fishing methods and luremaking , only one English book , the "Enceclopeadia Of Lures" , by Chris and Sue Harris(they run a tackle mailorder , the "Harris Angling") , is a list up of common lures on the market back in the days of its issue in 1999 .

There are colored tables of all lures listed and thorough describtions about colors , sizes and how to use them the best way .

greetz , diemai

[diemai]

@ laz

Wish , my lady would buy me things as well ,.....but it always has to be the other way round !

greetz , diemai

[Vince]

@ laz

Wish , my lady would buy me things as well ,.....but it always has to be the other way round !

greetz , diemai

[Fizza]

Fellas be careful and keep ya wits about yas

When sheilas start buying bloke's things to keep us amused it's cos they're either sick of talkin to us, sick of lookin at us, sick of or all three

[laz]

Fellas be careful and keep ya wits about yas

When sheilas start buying bloke's things to keep us amused it's cos they're either sick of talkin to us, sick of lookin at us, sick of or all three

I couldn't be that lucky

[MXB]

Heres another Hedd Hunter for comparison in the Victor Recreation box showing markings etc;

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