Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles: Identification & Value Guide (Hardcover)

~ Russell E. Lewis (Author) "This chapter reviews the hottest area of modern fishing collectibles: Heddon plastics..." (more)
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A history, identification, and value guide of fishing lure collectibles from 1940 until the mid 1980s, including lures, reels, rods, decoys, and miscellaneous items. This book is the first to give plastics more complete coverage and to detail the impact of spinning on fishing lure collectibles. Featuring manufacturers such as Heddon, Creek Chub, South Bend Sleepers, Luhr Jensen & Sons, Shakespeare Sleepers, Paw Paw Bait Company, Pflueger, and Weber Tackle Company. Also highlited are modern reels and rods and miscellaneous collectibles. Over 1,200 color photos and original catalog pages and advertisements. AUTHORBIO: Russell E. Lewis is the author of Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles, Volume 1 and Modern Fishing Lure Collectibles, Volume 2, as well as co-author of Captain John's Fishing Tackle Price Guide. Having collected fishing lures since 1950, he and his wife run a business, Heritage Tackle 'n Tiques, where he deals fishing lures online and at antique shows. REVIEW: This book is the first in a series from author Russell E. Lewis, and is filled with full color photographs of modern fishing lures and tackle. Amust for lure lovers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Collector Books (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157432277X
• ISBN-13: 978-1574322774
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #905,544 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, A Great Book On Things From 1940 - 1980's, August 4, 2002

By	Ray Thomas (Winchester, KY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

At last here is a great book on the lures that you can still aford to buy & that many of us now remember fishing with in our younger days. This book gave me lots of new things to look for that I did not even know about & it was a fun read in addition to many great color photo's. This guy is doing volume 2 for August 2002 release which I have on pre-order & can't wait to get my hands on!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad...but could have been better., January 9, 2003

By A Customer

This book contains lots of information, but could have been so much better. It is basically a show-and-tell of the authors collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book, Finally, June 10, 2002

By	Lure Lover (the South) - See all my reviews

Finally, there is a book devoted to the lures I can find and afford. The other lure books are great, don't get me wrong, I have them all...but Lewis took the chance and did the book no one else wanted to do. All those other authors treat the more modern lures like stepkids, even at shows they are just now getting into the displays and out of the tackle boxes.

Of course, now the value will go up on all my lures once everyone buys this book.

There aren't as many prices in the book as I had hoped but if you really read the book, he gives you plenty of aid here on what things are worth. The book is interesting too, not just a bunch of photos and catalog pages put together; you can tell this guy realy loves collecting and wants to share his info with us all. A great book I recommend it highly!