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Heddon by Date of Manufacture Index
Gabby Talkington
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 or Series Number, Common Name, Dates of Manufacture per Catalogs
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 |