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The next gathering for antique tackle collectors will be held at Heddon Museum Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the former Heddon factory at 414 West St. in Dowagiac, Mich. The Museum is located two blocks north and two blocks west of the Mc Donald's.
The informal meeting of antique fishing lure collectors is mostly a show-and-tell with some selling, trading, and buying of old tackle taking place.
Its open to anyone interested in old antique fishing tackle or who has old gear that he or she would like to be appraised. For more information, email Doug Bucha at ndBucha@yahoo.com.
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The next gathering for antique tackle collectors will be held at Heddon Museum Dec. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
The informal meeting will be held at the former Heddon factory at 414 West St. in Dowagiac, Mich. The Museum is located two blocks north and two blocks west of the Mc Donald's.
The monthly gathering of antique fishing lure collectors is mostly a show-and-tell with some selling, trading, and buying of old tackle taking place.
Its open to anyone interested in old antique fishing tackle or who has old gear that he or she would like to be appraised. For more information, email Doug Bucha at ndBucha@yahoo.com.
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The next gathering for antique tackle collectors will be held at Heddon Museum Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the former Heddon factory at 414 West St. in Dowagiac, Mich. The Museum is located two blocks north and two blocks west of the Mc Donald's.
The informal meeting of antique fishing lure collectors is mostly a show-and-tell with some selling, trading, and buying of old tackle taking place.
Its open to anyone interested in old antique fishing tackle or who has old gear that he or she would like to be appraised. For more information, email Doug Bucha at ndBucha@yahoo.com.
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Have an interest in antique fishing tackle?
A pair of upcoming collectable shows in Michiana offers an opportunity to check out what's out there and perhaps show off some of your own treasures.
The Hunting and Fishing Sport Collectable Show is slated for Nov. 1
in Sturgis, Mich. at the Sturgis Eagles Club. The address is 1207 W. Chicago Rd. and admission is free. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The National Fishing Lure Collectorís Club (NFLCC) will conduct another show Nov. 8 at Don Hall's Guest House in Ft. Wayne (1313 W. Washington Center Rd. Exit 311B off I-69) from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Admission is $5.00.
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By Doug Bucha, Antique tackle historian
1907 Pflueger 3-hook Underwater MinnowThe Pflueger Manufacturing Company was one of the six largest fishing tackle manufacturing companies in the United States during the 20th century, all of which originated in Michiana.
The other companies that were a part of the "big six" were South Bend, Paw Paw, Heddon (Dowagiac), Shakespeare (Kalamazoo), and Creek Chub (Garrett, Ind.).
The company started out as the American Fish Hook Company in 1864. They manufactured fishhooks only, as the name implies. In 1886 the company was incorporated and renamed the Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Akron, OH, and under the leadership of Ernest F. Pflueger, the company changed its logo to "Pflueger" at the turn of the century.