May 17, 2025 Fishing Lure
The live portion of this session begins on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
According to the authors of The Heddon Legacy, at the time of writing there were only four known introductory Dowagiac Perfect Surface Casting Baits with rimless cups. This bait is considered to be the first lure produced commercially by Heddon and the book authors call this bait “too rare to value”. This example has the “chalky” white paint that debuted in 1902 and was quickly changed to the shinier white enamel later that year. The 2 pin friction collar has been sturdily seated in place for the last 120+ years, as has the gold-washed tail cap. A couple flakes to the underside of the nose, and this very important bait gets a grade of Excellent Minus
Item Dimensions: 4 - 1/4" length.
