BOOKS - The National Fishing Lure Collectors Club Magazines

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Edited (and curated) by the real deal;  Dudley Murphey - with the apparent help of another maestro of lure collecting - Rick Edmisten.

Just a few volumes I have been able to snag here and there ... so far!

• Publication Date: 1994
• Edition: 1st Edition

29 pages : illustrations (color photographs) ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches CONTENTS: In the beginning Part VII : Central state New York lure makers ; Charles C. Kellman : Lure maker of legendary imagination ; Magazine Feature Lure # 7 : The weedless Hastings frog ; Level Wind Reels - Part II : The Age of Level Winds ; It's still out there : earthquakes and treasures ; Joseph E. Pepper Sr. : Famous lure maker from New York ; Keeping it fun : Of Babe Ruth and Flat Side Chubs ; Magazine Update : Corrections, New Information, etc.

• Publication Date: 1995
• Edition: 1st Edition

31 pages : illustrations (color photographs) ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches CONTENTS: In the beginning Part IX : Early fishing lure makers of Western Michigan ; It's still out there : Proof that great tackle is there for the finding ; The Tuttles - Artists with deer hair and paint : Fly bugs ; Magazine feature lure # 8 : The South Bend Fly-Oreno ; Fishing duels, bags of Gold & Promises to Keep : Competition and Great Claims ;Packaged to perfection : A partial chronology of Heddon Boxes ; South Bend Surf-Oreno Stages : Relating vintage to subtle design changes

• Publication Date: 2009
• Edition: 1st Edition

35 pages : illustrations (color photographs) ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches ; CONTENTS: Hook, line & sinker Part 3 : What's your line? ; The first fishing contest : Jamison vs. Decker ; Take Time to ask ; Feature lure # 37 : The Charmer Minnow ; History of the South Bend Company : The Early Years - Frank - Worden ; The Search for Mr. CC. Shaffer ; A frog from across the pond