McHarg Musky Spinner

Seldom seen large tortoise shell blade, 3" in length, marked "Pat. Dec 21. 1886" in an applied central oval, complete with wire leader and rare reflective patterned ball with fancy washers. Other than

The 2" blade marked with a number 3 and the patent date "Pat. Aug. 10. 1886", fancy washers on the central ball, and rigged with an unusual large fly dressed treble hook featuring early tinsel wrappin

Scarce spinner rigged with an early trace leader, the 1 1/2" fluted blade includes an applied shield, the number 4, and is stamped "Pat. May 4. 1886". If not for common paint loss on the reverse, in V

1 1/2” teardrop shaped blade with McHarg’s rarely seen applied shield, marked “Abbey & Imbrie 5” and rigged with a feathered double hook and box swivel. Other than feather loss

The teardrop shaped 1 7/8” blade is marked “J.B. McHarg Rome, N.Y. 3” and is rigged with its original McHarg swivel and weighted fly. With no sign the back of the blade was ever pain

Unmarked 1 7/8” spinner, complete with its early glass bead, fancy washer center ball, feathered treble hook and box swivel. In Ex- condition overall.

Complete with McHarg’s solid swivel and large wire wrapped hooks, this early blade measures 2 3/8” and is marked “J.B. McHarg Rome. N.Y. 2”. With general wear, remnants of the

Small 1 5/16" brass and nickel plated blade hammered on one side, unmarked, rigged with very unusual double central balls, about VG+/Ex- condition. A similar spinner is pictured on page 188 of Carter'

The No. 6 blade, measuring just over 2 1/4" in length, is marked with the "Pat. Dec 21. 1886" date, coming with a plain ball, box swivel and single fly dressed hook, grading Ex-/Ex with the exception

Early spinner with Empire City stamped on the spoon and red hair tail with two treble hooks. Issued: 20th Century Dimensions: 8"L Manufacturer: Abbey and Imbrie Company Country of Origin: New York, US

Unmarked except for the number 5, with typical McHarg overlapped soldered blades and center reflective ball with fancy washers. A 1 5/8" bait with early full body fly dressed treble hook, the blade gr

2- Mepps Musky Killer Lures No. 5 Spinner Red hardware with bright yellow hair for the comet tail and spoon at the top marked, "Mepps Musky Killer." 1-Super Vibrax No.5 Black Lure with Black hair and

Beautiful sucker finish on this iconic lure with large blemish free glass eyes, heavy duty L-rig hardware, marked front spinner and unique shaped fish tail. Condition is about Ex-, bright and shiny, w

Measuring 5 1/4" in length and rigged with heavy duty flat hardware, marked tail spinner, and large trailing single hook. This teen's minnow is finished in dark green crackleback with red hand painted

Rare 1300 cup rigged model with a marked front spinner and large glass eyes. Grading about VG+ with hairlines in one eye, a few tiny chips/touchups, age lines, small areas of varnish flaking, the bell

Nice selection of early metal baits, including 3" tin Hook To Spoon with twisted wire leader and a 1 3/4" Adirondack spinner, both unmarked but both exhibiting qualities of J. B. McHarg of Rome, NY. A

Rigged with very rare large aluminum A-notch spinners, dating it to 1906/1907. With moderate wear, tarnish and soiling, about VG+. The most difficult rigging to find on this desirable early musky lure

Includes a rarely seen introductory Spin-Tail Kicker, from the Pflueger archive room, its dated 1925 "Fred Arbogast" tag still attached, with unmarked spinner and painted eyes, VG+/Ex-. And a musky si

Heddon lot of 4 "SOS" Minnow lures: 1) C. 1928, 4 1/2" Musky Minnow, 3 treble hooks, glass eyes, double spinners, pikie scale, flap rig hardware, solid, clean lure showing only a few minor hook dings,

Very rare musky fish decoy, Oscar Peterson, Cadillac, Michigan, 1st quarter 20th century. Painted eye model. With carved gills and mouth. 7.25" x 1" tall x .5" wide. Provenance: Michaan collection. Li

Exceptional condition on this extremely rare introductory picture box, having a very crisp silver illustration of the Bucktail Spinner, "Patent Applied For" marked, the box bottom retaining its origin

One of South Bend's rarest underwater minnows, only produced in 1914, rigged with marked pointed props, finished in white with a blended slate back and hand painted gill marks. Outfitted with 3 heavy

Musky fish decoy, Oscar Peterson, Cadillac, Michigan, 1st quarter 20th century. Tack eyes. 6" x 1" tall x .5" wide. Provenance Steven Michaan collection. Literature Fish is pictured in "American Fish

The largest of the Revolutions, finished in red/white/red. With a body measurement of 4 1/2" and rigged with B-notch props, the condition is about VG+ due to light wear, a couple of indents and small