Worden produced these heavy wood minnow back in the early 1900’s. Comstock Lure (Valparaiso, IN) Winchester Silver Chub Lure (Winchester, IN) Winchester Diving Beauty Lure Winchester June Bug Lureįrank G.

The “Lucky Hit Baits” offered by Winchester were Diving Beauty, Baby Diver, Silver Chub, Shore Minnow, Fan Tail Chub, June Bug Floater, Dolphin Chub, Floating Mouse, Flexo Float, Nevermis, Sufrace Wiggler and Pikie Wiz. The lures were marketed by his father-in-law in Winchester, Indiana. Williams of the Winchester Bait & Manufacturing Company from a lathe in his home in Muncie, Indiana. A lady from Pennsylvania contacted me recently when she found an interesting piece in a deceased family member’s safe which turned out to be this Wheeler-Lunbeck Manufacturing Co. The Moonlight Bait Company bought the rights to this old wooden lure in 1928. The Comstock Chunk lure is a 2 1/2″ antique wood bait that was made in Valparaiso, Indiana in the 1920’s by Wheeler-Lunbeck Manufacturing Company. The Whiz-Bang Bait Company made lures in Bunker Hill, Indiana including this triple spinner lure. Wenger Manufacturing (Warsaw, IN) Western Auto Dingbat (Garrett, IN) Western Auto is a product line of the Creek Chub Bait Company and they produced many lures in very unique color patterns. The Bass Enticer was made by Wenger Manufacturing in Warsaw, IN. Tropical Bait Company (Indianapolis, IN) Weedless Wonder (Indianapolis, IN) Weedless Wonders were plastic lures that came in a plastic box. The lures were made of wood and came in a full size and a fly rod version. The Tropical Bait Company made a Pac-Man shaped Frog lure. Tippecanoe Lure (Michigan City, IN) T&M Lure Company (Lafayette, IN)

The Flashback lure is a plastic lure from Lafayette, IN by the T&M Lure Company. This 3 1/4 inch wood lure has slanted ends which make it look similar to a canoe when turned on its back. In 1924 Oliver Green invented the Tippecanoe lure in Michigan City, Indiana. The boxes are printed with T&M Darby, but the advertisements refer to M.L. This old Indiana lure was manufactured in the 1930s by T&M Darby or M.L.

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