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Heddon Manufacture Date Sequences |
Knowledge for Advanced Collectors of Heddon and Shakespeare
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.
|
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 |
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