Heddon Fishing Lure Index

Gabby Talkington

An index of information on Heddon fishing lures and boxes

Pronunciations:  Heddon (Head-don); Dowagiac (Doe-wa'-gee-ack)

Heddon lure hardware identification Identification of underwater minnows Figuring out type of eyes found on Heddon's lures Figure out the grading on your lures A list of colors and the numbers on boxes A list of Heddon model numbers Heddon lure boxes Pre-1920 Heddon Lures and many more Heddon articles

Articles, catalogs, and identification data

• Heddon early catalogs: lure color plates and actual examples of box paper brochures

• Heddon lure box examples:  a key to dating the type of lure that you have and linking them to the hardware.

• Heddon boxes and hardware: Lure Hardware Identification and how to identify and date a Heddon lure and what box is correct for what hardware.  Photos and information to help you communicate with other collectors about what you have or don't have.

• Heddon details: body styles, gill marks, and other features to differentiate lures.

• Heddon Dates of Manufacture for lures in this collection to help you figure out approximately when a Heddon lure was made based on appearance in the catalogs.

• Heddon's wood box model underwater minnows: a photo essay for indentification and discussion of the boxes for 1908 versions, compare wood box model bluntnose 100's and 150's in seven different colors.

• Print-out these exclusive charts of early Heddon colors and the availability of each color for selected early lures.

1. Chart-1: Heddon 150 colors and numbers: when a given color was introduced and existed
2. Chart-2: Heddon lure colors and numbers: for early and later 100's & 150's, 700, 20
3. Chart-3: Heddon lure colors and numbers: for Spindiver, Artistic minnow, 260, 350, 40, 50

Photos of lures,   boxes, and history

• Heddon pre-1920 RARE lures & boxes

• Heddon friends of the frog photos: examples of frog finish color and style in 150's, Spindiver, 200, 1600, Near Surface Wiggler

• Heddon early 150's : various early underwater Heddon 150 lures, 159A in wood box, 151 in down leaping Bass box, variations on crackleback colors and designs in 150's, blackish, green, seinna, and blue-green crackleback

• Heddon high forehead 100 anatomy, photos and information

• Heddon 900 series minnows: see photos and info on the 900 series with the intro and later white boxes

• Heddon c.1908 wood box model 100's and 150's identification, nomenclature and data.

• Heddon 100 body anatomy with photo illustrations

• Heddon wood box100's: various styles, shapes, and six boxes and lures of the early models

• Heddon earliest: 1904 Dowagiac Underwater, 2 hook Slopenose with box,  Mulitple Minnow and rare box, No. 11 with rare white box

• Heddon divers, Crab Wigglers, Gamefishers, and SOS: Deep-O-Diver, baby Crab Wigglers in red/white/red, frog scale, and natural crab finish, three Gamefishers, versions of the Swims on Side

• Heddon lures on steroids: Coast Minnow,  700's in green and sienna crackleback and a black sucker with the correct down leaping Bass box, Giant Musky Vamp

• Heddon lures in fancy sienna and scale patterns: examples of early 150's, 100's and other types in some of the more unusual colors

• Heddon red eyed killers: 100, 150, 20, and the 450 "killer" in red and white variations

• Heddon 300's, Spindivers & 175's: various hook configurations and styles

• Heddon trouted or spotted series 0's and 00's: examples of spotted coloration

• Heddon minnys 'n muskys & feathers and bucks: 260, 350, 402, 40 and 20

• Heddon Torpedo alley and Flippers: variations on the 120 and 130 Torpedo  and 140 Flippers

• Heddon Zaragossa, Darter, River Runt, Punkinseed, and a rare Rotary Head

Additional Heddon information on pre-1920 lures and boxes

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