Heddon Manufacture Dates for Antique Fishing Lures

This information represents only the lures which I collect and was generally taken from my collection of Heddon catalogs, the Heddon Catalogs reference by Clyde A. Harbin, Sr. (see reference books in Knowledge section) who in turn used and updated a 1982 article by Clarence E. Zahn for the dates.

To see what else was happening in the world at the time these lures were produced and how many people were around to buy them, click on the TIME-LINE. TIME-LINE will help put things in perspective. To look up colors and rarity for a given color see Heddon Color Charts one and two.

Model #	Lure name	Dates in catalogs
	Slopenose Dowagiac Expert	1902-1912
	Dowagiac Underwater Expert	1904
'0'	Dowagiac Minnow	1912-1920, 1922-1924, 1927
'00'	Dowagiac Minnow	1912-1927
	Coast Minnow	1913-1926
10	Light Casting Minnow	1912-1926
10B	Florida Special	1921-1923
10S	Florida Special	1921-1923
20	Baby Dowagiac	1909, 1920-1929
40	Walton Feather Tail	1923-1926
50	Artistic Minnow	1907-1909
100	Dowagiac Minnow	1905-1939
110	River Runt	1929-1939
120	Torpedo	1925-1929
130	Torpedo	1925-1939
140	Flipper	1927-1929
140	SOS	1937-1939
150	Dowagiac Minnow	1905-1939
260	Surface Minny	1926
300	as Surface Minnow	1905-1929
350	Musky Surfusser	1934-1936
400	Ice Decoy	1913-1927
400	Killer	1905-1906
402	Surface Minnow	1908-1909
450	Killer	1905-1906
500	Multiple Metal Minnow	1909
500	Salt Water Special	1924-1939
600	Salt Water Special	1924-1939
700	Musky Minnow 5 hook	1909-1910
800	Salt Water Special	1926-1939
800	Swimming Minnow	1911
900	Swimming Minnow	1910-1913
1300	Black Sucker	1913-1927
1500	Dummy Double	1913-1916
1600	Deep diving Wiggler	1915-1926
1700	Near Surface Wiggler	1915-1926
1800	Crab Wiggler	1915-1929
1900	Baby Crab Wiggler	1916-1939
1950	Midget Crab Wiggler	1920-1926, 1937-1939
3000	Spin Diver	1918-1926