interesting find

[BilletHead]

   Two pretty cool items. These were found cleaning up our mom's stuff after she passed. I am sure these came from my Grandpa Horn. The crow hunting recore is dated 1953 and when I tried to find out about the Herter's Famous quail calling record it is about the same date. 

  Now I have found out much more about Toad Woodward and crow calling. This is from a town not far from me, Lamar Mo. I have a good friend down there and was born there. He has a bunch of brothers and a sister.  Toad and his brother were still around when he was a kid. They were married to sisters Nan and Fran which my friend Doug knew. The Woodward brothers were local characters known by about everyone back in the day. Doug asked me what I was doing with that record and if he could buy it. Of course, I said no he could have it. He wants to give it to his brother who remolded Toad's house for his wife. Doug's Brother Stan also knew Fran and Nan. I couldn't think of a better place for it. Funny how things come together. 

    I have no place to display the herter's quail calling record so if anyone wants it for their man cave or hunting cabin you can have it. Both are in good shape and playable. 

[jdmidwest]

Outdoor Life did an article on George Leonard Herter many years ago and I started collecting more of his stuff.  I have a collection of his books, some lures, some reloading equipment, fly vises, and a Herter Single Action Revolver in 22 lr.

He was the sportsman of the past.

[rps]

About the time I started to fish with my father seriously, 1960? 1961?, I read every page of the Herter,s catalogue that came to the house. The first time he took me to Canada with him, 1962?, we stopped in Minnesota before we crossed the border. The place had an entire isle of Herter products. When he passed, I found several Herter lures in the very old metal tackle box.

[rps]

Does anyone still fish with the Daredevil  or the Eppinger Red Eye Spoons anymore? How about the Creme worm with the spinner? The Shannon twin spin? Heddon Crazy Crawler? Heddon River Runt? A Cisco Kid? A Heddon Lucky 13? How about a Uncle Josh frog or eel? A Hawaiian Wiggler? A Lazy Ike? A Pico Perch or Swimming Minnow?

Think on this: If we put a good angler in a boat with these ancient lures, what could he weigh in a tournament? That which is old will become new. That which is new will become old.

Somebody sing Circle of Life.

 

 

 

[kjackson]

Oh, Herter's-- used to spend hours with that catalog.  I think I still have a an ultralight spinning rod bought back in the day.  Still have some boxes of hooks from Herter's-- English bait hooks or something like that--think they are close to the extreme bend caddis hooks. My father bought them to tie some mink nymphs that one of his friends swore by.  That started us tying flies... I was super excited when Herter's opened a store in Olympia.

As for the red-and-white Daredevles, we generally couldn't afford them, but did use a bunch of Japanese knockoffs in that color pattern. My favorite was a thin-bladed spoon that was a killer on trout. It was light enough that I could cast it with a fly rod.