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Robert A. Slade, after collecting old fishing tackle since 1958 and contributing articles on old fishing lures for a collector magazine for several years started researching and writing books in the 1990's. He published the History & Collectible Fishing Tackle Of Wisconsin in 1999 which sold 4,500 copies. Bob realized that even though there have been many books published on the subject of old fishing lures that few books covered any detailed history on the old lure makers. His latest book writing project was nine years in the making and covers over 100 years of lure making history starting in 1875 and covers over 2,500 lures makers throughout all of North America. The Encyclopedia Of Old Fishing Lures Made In North America is the first publication with extensive history and patent information on old lure makers and the first to include extensive coverage on Canadian lure makers. The author traveled to 11 states and 3 Canadian Providences visiting collectors homes, newspaper archives, museums and other sources and has taken over 10,000 pictures in preparing the historical stories for these books. The set of books arranges for the individual and company lures makers to appear in alphabetical order. Each book has over 400 pages of text, pictures and collector values with each book containing a table of contents and index as well as a master index for the complete set of books.

Covers:

• 9 B Bait Co.
• 20th Century Bait Co.
• A and S Stamping Co. & Ox-Bow Bait Co. & Tom Ware Fishing Tackle Co.
• A & B Tackle Co.
• A & H Products Co.
• A & H Tackle Co.
• A-B-C Bait & Mfg. Co.
• A-Lure, Inc.
• A.A. Glass Lures
• A.B. Supply Co.
• A.C.S. Industries
• A.K. Bait Co.
• A.T. Bait Mfg. Co.
• A.F. Bingenheimer Co.
• Abbey, T.J.
• Abbey & Imbrie
• Abe & Al Tackle Co.
• Abel, W.A. & Co.
• Abel Quality Products
• Abercrombie & Fitch
• A C Spark Plug Co. & Sparkplug Lures
• Accardo Tackle Co.
• Accepted Lures by Hasand, Inc.
• Accetta, Tony & Son
• Ace in the Hole Tackle
• Ace Tackle
• Ace Tackle Co.
• Ackerman, Jasper L.
• Acme Weedless Minnow Co. & Schallman Mfg. Corp. & Acme Bait Co.
• Acme Tackle Co.
• Action Blade Tackle Co.
• Action Frog Corp.
• Action Lure Co. & Self-Propelled Fish Lure Co. & Fisherman Joe's
• Action Lures
• Action Master Mfg. Co.
• Activated Lure Co.
• Actual Lure, Inc.
• Adam, Lewis D. "Pop"
• Adams, E.C. & Davis, W.E.
• Adams, Surgin
• Adams, Knute
• Adirondack Mfg. Co.
• Adjustable Bait Co.
• Advance Devices Co. & Chicago Tool & Stamping & Pachner and Koller
• Advance Tackle Co.
• Advertising Spoons - Canada
• Aeroplane Spinner Mfg. Co.
• Agar Bug Co.
• Ainsworth, B.
• Air Light Products Co.
• Airex Corporation
• Aitken, James E. Mfg. Co.
• Ajon Co. & Other Trolley Sinkers
• Al Foss Type Spinning and Pork Rind Lures: Wilson Lures IS Penton Lures & E.C. Schavey & Gambill Brothers & James L. Hern
• Al-Lure-0 Weedless Bait Co.
• Al-Lures
• Al's Goldfish Lure Co., Sportsmen's Center
• Alaska Hooker
• Alaska Tackle Co.
• Alaskan Brewing Co.
• Alcoe Lure Co.
• Alexander Spin Fish Co.
• Alger, Franklin A.
• Algonquin Tackle Co.
• Alkan Tackle Co.
• Alko Co.
• All Pur & All Pur Co. & Silver Baits, Inc.
• All-Lure Industries & Frank A. Efinger Co.
• Allcock, Laight IS Westwood Co. Ltd.
• Allen Tackle Co.
• Allen, N.C. & Co.
• Allen, Forrest/American Rod & Gun Co.
• Allen, Les
• Allen, Mason B.
• Allen, Philip
• Alliance Lures
• Alliance Mfg. Co.
• Allied Metalcraft Ltd. & Tyee Tackle & Tufts-Lyon Arms Co.
• Alois Stamping and Mfg. Co. & L.B. Cook Bait Mfg. Co. & T&W Mfg. Co.
• Alpat Lure Co.
• Alpine Bait Co.
• Altoona Vinyl Lures Co.
• Alzbaits
• Amato Lures
• American Bait Co.
• American Bait Co.
• American Hardwood Lures
• American Lure and Tackle
• American Rivers Bait Co.
• American Sportsman Bait Co.
• American Tackle, Inc.
• Ament-Douglas Mfg. Co.
• Amilog Co.
• Ammann Mfg. Co.
• Amspaugh Weedless Bait Co.
• Amundson Products Co.
• An-O-Mated Lure Co.
• Anderson and Co. & A.J. Krantz and G.E. Smith
• Anderson and Johnson & Little Oscar & Little Oscar Lures
• Anderson Mfg. Co. & V.G. Pritchard
• Anderson Animated Bait Co.
• Anderson Bait Co. & Anderson and Son, Inc.
• Anderson Minnow Co.
• Anderson, A.E. "Swede", Jr.
• Anderson, B.R.
• Andrews, John
• Angell Mfg. Co. & Angell, Albert
• Angell, Otis R.
• Anglers Products Co.
• Angling Designs
• Anson Tackle Co.
• Antioch Bait Co.
• Anton Tool and Mfg. Co.
• Apex Bait Co.
• Apex Innovations Ltd.
• Aqua-Sonic Co.
• Aquasonic Lures, Inc.
• AR-CO-MO Co.
• Arbogast, Fred and Co.
• Arby's Bait Mfg. Co.
• Arda Sports Specialties
• Arjay's
• Armstrong's Cricket Farm & Southern Mfg. Co.
• Army & Navy Co-Operative Society
• Arndt, W.C.
• Arndts & Sons
• Arnold & Brown Bait Co.
• Arnold Lures
• Arnold Tackle Corp.
• Aron Metal Specialties
• Arrowhead Mfg. Co.
• Arrowood Lure Co.
• Art Wire and Stamping Co.
• Arthur Lures.
• Artic Fisherman Co.
• Arts Ltd., Inc.
• Ascot Tackle Co. & RIMA Tackle Co.
• Ashman's Co.
• Ashton Co., The
• Atco Bait Co.
• Atlantic Lures
• Atom Mfg. Co.
• Atomic Tackle Co.
• Auclaire, T.F. and Associates, Inc.
• Audible Minnow Mfg. Co.
• Auer, G.
• Augies Bait Co. & Milwaukee Bait Co.
• Austin Engineering Co. & Atkins-Warner Co.
• Automatic Door Catch Co. & Henery Zuckweiler & Barnes and Smith Manufacturer & Case and Bridges
• Atomic Fishing Tackle Division & S and G Products, Inc.
• Automatic Safety Hook
• Aztec Co