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Pflueger unusual fishing lure minnows: Neverfail, magnet, Catalina, All-in-one, surprise

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By Dr. Michael Echols

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An All-in-One underwater minnow with all four detachable dive planes.  A mint and rare item with all four metal planes in excellent condition.  c. 1924

An early c. 1910, Pflueger Magnet  with Neverfail hardware.

A pair of Catalina's, the upper one being the smaller later c. 1932 version and the bottom being the earlier c. 1920 larger metalized minnow.

Top: A baby Surprise minnow in green crackleback and surface hardware, with glass eyes. This is the later version of this series, but the baby is the more rare of the group.

 

 


Upper middle right, is a "hole eye" Surprise minnow in rainbow with Neverfail hardware. There is no eye, but rather a hole for the appearance of an eye.

 


 

Lower middle right, a plain white Surprise minnow, again with hole eye and Neverfail hardware.
 

 

 

The Four brothers box a Surprises would have been sold in if it's Neverfail hardware.

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