Lots of Red Eyes & Pointy Hooks!

[Montana Jim]

I collect Hofschneider "Red Eye" Fishing Lures. 

I grew up near Rochester NY, next door to the descendants of Dr. Frederick Hofschneider, dentist, inventor, and holder of a number of "dental" related patents.  As an avid fisherman he also patented the wonderfully effective "Red Eye" fishing lure in the early 1920s.  It's a staple lure for old-school fisherman on any fresh or salt water lake, and any other waters holding lake trout, muskey, walleye, salmon, bass... they were used all over the world.  Are you familiar with them?

Several varieties were available in a dozen sizes and variations, a few different materials and a few different changes for any kind of fishing to include fly, casting, spinning, weedless, trolling... etc.

I have several lures all stamped either pre-patented, patend-pending, or patent-applied with the patent number.  I have some period paper advertisements and catalogs, with many still in boxes or displays.  The company he started sold out to other companies through the years and the product is still available today, although not with the original "Hofschneider" name on it. 

They aren't worth a hell-of-a-lot, I just knew the family which kinda' makes it interesting to me.

Anyway... here are some of my collection... thanks for looking.

[fossis]

Very Nice collection, I gave my son all my old plugs, & we mounted them on a large piece of driftwood. Fossis......................

[TreasureTales]

I had not heard of that name prior to your post. Very nice collection! You've got lots that are NIB, and the advertising to go with your lures is outstanding. Some of those lures (the red and white ones) remind me of the DareDevils of my childhood.

I guess with these lures "the eyes have it." LOL I don't know, if I were a bass or a walleye I'd be a little nervouse seeing them big red eyes coming my way.

[chong2]

have you tried any of them?

[trusty]

I guess with these lures "the eyes have it." LOL I don't know, if I were a bass or a walleye I'd be a little nervouse seeing them big red eyes coming my way.

TreasureTales - Check this "The Eyes Have It" - my friend's shop: http://www.theeyeshaveit.com/

Jim - Somewhere...in a box.......in a closet..... I have a few of those lures.

[Montana Jim]

have you tried any of them?

You betcha... they are awesome as advertised...

[chong2]

too cool! on the ads pictured, there are some with dual treble hooks, where does the string tie?

[UnEarthed72]

Great collection of spoons and plugs Montana

I'm an avid angler..well wait..lets put it this way...........from the time i was able to go fishing with my father it has been my 1st love..that was until one day late summer 2007,when i picked up a metal detector and dug up my very first clad penny....but hey' second place ain't so bad is it....lol

the nickel colored spoons you have in the last few pics will slaughter the walleyes here in Oneida Lake...NO DOUBT ABOUT IT...first Saturday in may the season opens back up again..

Shawn

[Montana Jim]

too cool! on the ads pictured, there are some with dual treble hooks, where does the string tie?

The spoons were there are two sets of hooks still tie from rthe front... a leader or a swivel works best with al lof these. The front set of double hooks lays flat against the spoon's belly while being retrieved while dragging the treble hooks.

Great collection of spoons and plugs Montana

I'm an avid angler..well wait..lets put it this way...........from the time i was able to go fishing with my father it has been my 1st love..that was until one day late summer 2007,when i picked up a metal detector and dug up my very first clad penny....but hey' second place ain't so bad is it....lol

the nickel colored spoons you have in the last few pics will slaughter the walleyes here in Oneida Lake...NO DOUBT ABOUT IT...first Saturday in may the season opens back up again..

Shawn

Oneida Lake... I msis fishing htere terribly... I used to spend a lot of time looking for walleye there. *sigh* I was a fishing freak when I lived there in Rome, and now wish I spent more time detecting there... oh well...

[chong2]

[quote=Montana Jim ]


The spoons were there are two sets of hooks still tie from rthe front... a leader or a swivel works best with al lof these. The front set of double hooks lays flat against the spoon's belly while being retrieved while dragging the treble hooks.

[chong2]

did you sleep the beer off jim :P

[Montana Jim]

did you sleep the beer off jim :P

LOL... er, I'm suppossed to sleep it off?

[chong2]

just thought id return the saying
by the way, awesome your smoke free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[capndan151]

[TheRockCollector]

Nice