Early Creek Chub Factory Production Tools

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.

Includes a 2000 Darter paint mask (for the spotted pattern), a “Creek Chub Bait Co. Garrett, Indiana” rubber stamp, and a scaler.

Short production wood float, 8" in length, finished in red and white with thin black stripes, Ex- due to light wear/rubs.

Pre 1925 Wiggler finished in beautiful goldfish with a silver belly, red hand painted gills, unmarked lip and double line tie, shiny Ex- with light wear, a couple of factory imperfections, pointers an

An early lure with an unmarked lip and slanted head, finished in golden shiner with silver belly, c1921/22, double line tie and good glass eyes. Other than a common factory lip touch, the condition is

Extremely rare, short production hair bait, all red, 1 1/2” overall, with light soiling and some hair loss, about VG+.

Originating from Creek Chub’s factory archives, the front half of this early Special Order bait is finished in “silver small scale, red stripe on sides”, as is handwritten on the age

Important documentation rescued from the Creek Chub factory basement in 1979. 5 ledgers (12” x 7 1/4” or larger) including production from 1939 to 1942, 1955 to 1959, 1958 to 1960, 1961 to

Originating from Creek Chub’s factory archives, the front half of this early Special Order bait is finished in “silver small scales, blank red stripe”, as is handwritten on the age d

Important documentation rescued from the Creek Chub factory basement in 1979. Three ledgers, the smallest measures 12 1/2” x 7 1/2”, with lure production numbers by the day from 1940 to 19

Early picture box is factory stamped "No. 100 Natural Perch Scale Finish", with legible printing and a clear illustration of the Wiggler, grading near Ex-. The correct early 100 is finished in perch s

Short production lure finished in black sucker, good glass eyes and possibly unfished, shiny Ex- with only very light wear, a few pointers, couple tiny factory imperfections and tight age lines. Much

Beautiful Special Order blue back rainbow, an uncataloged color on this early bait with good glass eyes, double removable hooks and factory nose screw in place of the second line tie. Appearing unfish

Includes a short production musky size Big Bomber and a Baby, both finished in tough white Victory, bright and shiny. The 6700 grades Ex-/Ex (factory imperfection, hook rust), the 6500 is Ex-, due mos

In silver flash with blemish free glass eyes, appearing unfished, this short production 2hk Sarasota is shiny Ex, with only a small factory imperfection and faint age lines. The oversized box is stamp

Early model finished in goldfish scale with a short production silver belly, featuring red hand painted gill marks, 2 line ties and good glass eyes, a dated lip, double line ties and plain metal tail.

Scarce short production bait finished in perch scale with red belly fins. Other than a few factory paint imperfections the condition is shiny Ex-.

Early red side finish bait, hand painted eyes, factory removable double hooks, screw eye tail hook hanger, VG+/Ex- condition.

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 an original 1928 employee Annual Picnic photo (5” x 7”), with the original silk ribbon, dated June 23, 1928, pinned on. Also, partial ribbons from the 1925, 1926 and 1929 Annual P

Creek Chub perch scale Fintail Shiner with early large number stamped box, direction insert, and buff colored box fold out listing the #2100 Fintail as new and utilizing the pre-1925 numbering system.

First version with a flat head and unmarked lip, natural chub scale, hand painted gill marks, double line tie, good glass eyes with red in the sockets, belly washer hardware with simple screw eye tail

Finished in beautiful "blue chub", closer in color to blue mullet than natural chub, with hand painted gill marks, good glass eyes and undated lip, shiny Ex-/Ex. The box is a bit rough, but the large