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Heddon Manufacture Date Sequences

 

Knowledge for Advanced Collectors of Heddon and Shakespeare

FULL SITE INDEX & ARTICLES 

Heddon Lure Manufacture Dates

By Dr. Michael Echols

 

When were Heddon lures made?  This list will guide you to the time frame when a given lure was made and sold by Heddon.  The dates were determined by when the lure was first seen in the Heddon catalogs.

  Full Site Index

Model #

Lure name

Dates in catalogs
 

Slopenose Dowagiac Expert

1902-1912
 

Dowagiac Underwater Expert

1904
'0'

Dowagiac Minnow

 1912-1920, 1922-1924, 1927
'00'

Dowagiac Minnow

1912-1927
 

Coast Minnow

1913-1926
10

Light Casting Minnow

1912-1926
10B

Florida Special

1921-1923
10S

Florida Special

1921-1923
20

Baby Dowagiac

1909, 1920-1929
40

Walton Feather Tail

1923-1926
50

Artistic Minnow

1907-1909
100

Dowagiac Minnow

1905-1939
110

River Runt

1929-1939
120

Torpedo

1925-1929
130

Torpedo

1925-1939
140

Flipper

 1927-1929
140

SOS

1937-1939
150

Dowagiac Minnow

1904-1939
260

Surface Minny

1926
300

as Surface Minnow

1905-1929
350

Musky Surfusser

 1934-1936
400

Ice Decoy

1913-1927
400

Killer

1905-1906
402

Surface Minnow

1908-1909
450

Killer

1905-1906
500

Multiple Metal Minnow

1909
500

Salt Water Special

1924-1939
600

Salt Water Special

1924-1939
700

Musky Minnow 5 hook

1909-1910
800

Salt Water Special

1926-1939
800

Swimming Minnow

1911
900

Swimming Minnow

1910-1913
1300

Black Sucker

1913-1927
1500

Dummy Double

1913-1916
1600

Deep diving Wiggler

1915-1926
1700

Near Surface Wiggler

1915-1926
1800

Crab Wiggler

1915-1929
1900

Baby Crab Wiggler

1916-1939
1950

Midget Crab Wiggler

1920-1926, 1937-1939
3000

Spin Diver

1918-1926

Leland

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