Creek Chub Dinger and Dingbats

Rare 1930's copper plate wood blocks used to produce printed ads, models include the Beetle, Snook Pikie, Husky Dinger, Dingbat and Darter. All have light wear, four have the model number impressed on

5418 Surface Dingbat, silver flash (VG+/Ex-), in a box post-factory stamped 5418 (VG/VG+), And a Dinger, pikie finish, Ex-/Ex in the correct 5600 end label box that’s Ex-.

Each finished in red/white, a rarely seen Dinger, never rigged with a head plate at the factory (single screw), about Ex- condition, and a Baby Dingbat, with replaced hair legs otherwise Ex-.

Finished in extremely rare uncataloged tiger stripe, shiny yellow and black with red chin blush, marked head plate and dated lip, other than the tail a possible replacement, the condition is about VG+

Includes 2 Baby Dingbats, both with good glass eyes and belly stamp: silver flash (Ex-/Ex) and frog (Ex-). Also a frog finish Dingbat, military stencil, shiny Ex-.

Two (2). Creek Chub Bait Company. American, circa 1930s. 2.25"each. GRADE: VG+. Est. $100 - 125

The lure is made of wood and has glass eyes. The tail hairs are real horsehair, there is a name shield on the nose marked Dinger, diving lip stamped CCB Co. Garrett, IND. It has two treble hooks, with

Finished in one of Creek Chub's most desirable and attractive scale patterns - red horse sucker. Early uncataloged Dingbat has good glass eyes and the original wire leader, other than short leg hair t

Rare pearl finish with pink eye shadow, military stencil, about VG+ due to soiling and thin hair.

Finished in golden shiner and pikie scale, both with good glass eyes, military stencil and a marked head plate, grading Ex- and Ex respectively.

Both with marked headplate and good glass eyes. Red side, gold wash plate (Ex-) and red/white (VG+/Ex-).

Creek Chub Dingbat

A Creek Chub Dingbat and an unmarked wooden fishing lure. Condition: Some crazing and signs of age, tarnish. Heavy crazy to yellow lure. Dimensions: Yellow: L 5"

Bass size red/white, about VG+, and a later trout size model in uncataloged white head black body, unfished Ex.

Both bass size, black (VG+/Ex-) and pikie, unfished (Ex-/Ex).

Golden shiner, trout and bass sizes, the smaller bait grades Ex-/Ex, most likely unfished, the larger is aboutVG+ with wear and the tail paint missing.

Each finished in perch scale, trout size grades Ex-/Ex, bass size has a touchup on the tail, so about VG/VG+.

Both finished in pikie scale, trout size is unfished Ex, bass size grades about Ex-.

In bright dace scale, shiny finish with light wear, a few small nicks and ring around the belly weight, but glue residue from re-inserting and securing the hair tail, so about VG+.

Both finished in frog with full hair legs, trout size grades about Ex-, bass size is VG due to a small chip under one wing and paint off the back of the tail.

Super condition on these two unfished bass size baits, perch and pikie scale. Both grade shiny Ex.

Each in red head white, bass size is Ex-/Ex, trout size grades about Ex-.

Includes a trout size in golden shiner (VG+/Ex-, and a bass size in silver flash (about VG-).

Silver flash, black military stencil, marked face plate, heavy duty hook hangers, good glass eyes, VG/VG+ due mostly to old fisherman applied belly paint, removed, but remnants remain.