Creek Chub Prototype & Employee Lures

9 lures, all painted by Creek Chub’s shop superintendent Harry “Dick” Diederich, a 50 year employee, retiring in 1973. An old photo reprint shows Diederich at the 12th Annual Picnic

Originating from Carl Heinzerling’s tackle box, hand carved and painted, 3 1/2”, similar lures appearing on page 193 of Creek Chub Lures & Collectibles and page 212 of Kimball’s Earl

Originating from Carl Heinzerling’s tackle box, hand carved and painted, 3 3/8”, similar lures appearing on page 193 of Creek Chub Lures & Collectibles and page 212 of Kimball’s Earl

According to page 5 of Harold Smith's "Collector's Encyclopedia of Creek Chub Lures & Collectibles", one of three known Creek Chub prototype rubber Pikie Minnows! 4-3/4" Jointed Pikie is finished in p

Included are three pages of 3 1/2” photos of employees, most at their Creek Chub factory work stations with lures hanging in the background, five photos of Gordon Dills, and an event gathering w

This exact decoy appears in Creek Chub Lures & Collectibles on page 155, listed as an “Early Prototype for the Ice Fishing Decoy made around 1920, Rare”. Measuring 4 1/4” in length,

Includes two paint masks used on the early Crawdad and a tool used to clean lacquer off paint-dipped lures for the mouthpiece (verified by former employee Melvin Diederick).

Includes a paint mask used on the early Crawdad and a tool used to clean lacquer off paint-dipped lures for the mouthpiece, with the verification tag signed by Melvin Diederick, a former employee.

Both finished in dace, including a Special Order Flip Flap in an uncataloged scale finish (normally painted without scales), good glass eyes and nickel plated spoon, VG+/Ex-. And a Dinger, marked bras

Test bait originating from Harry Heinzerling, 2 3/4” body in frog spot, with a metal belly hanger for four single hooks, similar to the later production Weed Bug hardware, as is the shape/style

Small, but an important prototype demonstrating Creek Chub's constant testing, evolution and additions. At 2 1/2" in length, this diminutive uncataloged Pikie is noticeably smaller than the Midget, bu

Interesting experimental Creek Chub Wiggler type, measuring 2-5/8", no eyed model in red head white body, crude, unmarked diving lip, and simple screw eye hardware. Condition is excellent-. Bait is co

Surface Dingbat and Midget Plunker, both with good glass eyes and finished in white scale. The tough 5425 grades about VG+, due mostly to light wear, age lines and thin hair legs, the 5925 is shiny Ex

Baby Wigglefish, white with red eye and tail, small touchups at the mouth corners and a thin over-varnish, in a 2504 marked box that's Ex- with the Sheridan R. Jones collection stamp on the interior o

Pair of Creek Chub Bait Comp. wooden fishing lures in original boxes. Excellent. Size: Lure 6 1/2"H

Plunker, new silver shiner, appearing unfished (Ex-/Ex), concave belly Darter, fire plug (VG+/Ex-), and a Pop ‘N Dunk, dace, good glass eyes (unfished Ex).

5 rare original photos (4” x 5”, 6 1/2” x 8 1/2”, 8” x 10”) of Creek Chub employees, three dated 1925, 1926, “12th Annual Picnic - Creek Chub Bait Co. June 28

Pair of boxed Creek Chub lures, including a screw eye Husky Pikie and a Mullet Husky Musky.

Midget Darter, silver flash, in correct 8018 box, Baby Jointed Pikie, perch, in unmarked box, Wiggler, perch, in SPECIAL 101W stamped box, and a Jointed Pikie, deep dive lip, rainbow, in the correct 2

Includes a 7000 Special, finished in uncataloged natural crawdad, shiny Ex-/Ex. And an albino Crawdad, other than common separated legs the grade is Ex- due mostly to age lines.

Perch scale Plunker, early hump-back body type, good glass eyes (shiny Ex), correct No. 3201 box is about VG+. And the earliest Midget Pikie with painted eyes, pikie scale finish, VG+ with light wear,

Lot of five Creek Chub lures

Includes an original perforated sheet of “Fireplug” paper tags (90 tags), placed on the lure’s hook in that color, then boxed, and a rare cloth shipping bag (acquired from Harry &#82

Both with good glass eyes, including a Baby Injured Minnow in dace, and a blue back rainbow Plunker, each grading shiny Ex-/Ex.