A look at fishing from days gone by.Glimpses of our fishing past through images, ephemera, letters and advertising.Including old Lures, boxes, Tournament casting,Floats,Bobbers,catalogs and tackle companies. I'm always interested in adding to my collection of vintage fishing tackle maker correspondence. If you have any early fishing letterhead or paper to sell or trade, Let me know.Jtejmjordan5@gmail.com No content of this blog may be reproduced without express written consent of the author .
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Coldwater Bait Company
The Coldwater Bait Company- Coldwater , Michigan is best known among antique tackle collectors for their line of early wooden plugs. Such names the Coldwater Wiggler ,King, Helldiver, Ghost and Skipper come to mind. Coldwater Bait Company also sold a line of fishing floats and display equipment such as rod stands. Their line of rod displays were bought by many of the large well known Tackle manufacturers of the day including Shakespeare, Heddon , Horrocks & Ibbottson, and many small sporting goods stores and bait & tackle shops. If any of you have an early example of one of their floats with provenance, I'd love to see a picture of it.