Old Lure Id

[dennis boatman]

I need help identifying this lure.

[dennis boatman]

I saw it once in a book, but I can't remember...thinking it was a Heddon...

[dennis boatman]

...or south bend...

[Wayne SW/MO]

I believe it's an old Heddon Meadow Mouse. It might be a copy though, the hangers don't look Heddon, but everything else does?

[dennis boatman]

I don't thin so...it has a metal lip underneath with a hole...it shoots water out the top...

[Old plug]

I will take this up to Laurie tomorrow and show the picture to Ed Bryant he is a collector. Owns Ozark Outfitters. I .am sure he can tell me.

[dennis boatman]

Thank you...I am anxious to find out what it is...thanks again...

[fishinwrench]

Creek Chub "Jigger": They were first produced in 1933, made in 2 sizes and 8 colors.

Yours seems to be missing a line tie at the nose, or it is a very early production....or a copy (there was never a patent).

Later original CC models had two line tie eyelets (one at the nose and another on the chin just forward of the lip) and the chin/belly area was more flattened than yours appears to be.

[dennis boatman]

Mine does not have the line tie at the nose and doesn't appear to have ever had one...(no visible hole)

[fishinwrench]

Are the eyes glass, plastic, or brass tacks ?