Fox Harmon remembers as a youngster staring in awe whenever his father opened his old, galvanized metal tackle box. The individual slots were filled with brightly colored Dalton Specials, Snagless ...

A few weeks ago, I met Vinson Bowers at The Mill Pond in Whiteville. The objective was fishing from a wooden boat in waters where he spent much of his childhood. Bowers' father, Lawrence Bowers, built ...

The interest in collecting antique fishing tackle has increased in recent years, explained in part by the simple law of supply and demand. But just because a lure looks old doesn’t mean it is ...

With a little TLC, you can revitalize derelict fishing lures back into fish-catching service. I go through this exercise periodically in my ongoing desire to declutter my living space. Most of my ...

Serious bass fishermen are always on the look out for old wooden or plastic gems — fish-catching lures that are no longer on the market. Some check eBay daily; others scour tackle store shelves. A few ...

Antique lure collectors are an inquisitive bunch. Sure, they like to add old-time baits and tackle to their collections. The rarer and harder an item is, the more collectors treasure it. But there’s ...

The 10th annual Houston Fishing Lure Show and Sale will be open to the public Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Houston-Brookhollow Crowne Plaza Hotel, 12801 Northwest Freeway (near Hollister Road ...

Is your grandpa’s old tackle box stashed somewhere in the attic? Might those dusty containers in the basement house the fishing lures Uncle Fred gave you when you were a kid? Is that bamboo flyrod and ...

Steve Fussell got hooked, so to speak, on collecting antique fishing tackle. “My girlfriend collects fine antiques,” the Orlando advertising executive said. “I got tired of going with her to shows and ...

A tackle box full of a variety of lures at the Antique Lure Show at the Paragon in Holland. The Blade/Lori King Buy This Image Left: 1. Creek Chub weed bug with rare silver flash color for $3,500. 2.

There was a bit of magic inside the cardboard box hidden away in the corner of an unused room. The box, about a foot square, barely peeked out from behind the sleeping bags, waders and life jackets ...