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2. Fishing lure - Wikipedia

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   The fishing lure is either directly tied to a fishing line (usually a leader) by a knot such as the improved clinch knot or the Palomar knot, or linked to the line via a small split ring (which allows more freedom of motion) and/or a tiny safety pin-like fastener called a "snap", which is usually also connected to a swivel.

3. Heddon (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Heddon is a brand of artificial fishing lures created by James Heddon, (originally a beekeeper) who is credited [by whom?] with the invention of the first artificial fishing lures made of wood in the late 1890s. The Heddon Company was founded in 1902 to sell the lures, originally made by hand in the Heddon family kitchen in Dowagiac, Michigan.

4. Pflueger (fishing) - Wikipedia

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   In 1883, Ernest patented the use of phosphorescent paint on artificial fishing lures, [2] which lead to tremendous growth for their fishing lures and 50 more inventions. [3] The company's name was changed to E.A. Pflueger Company and became one of the largest fishing equipment makers in America. [4]

5. Ugly Stik - Wikipedia

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   Ugly Stik is a subsidiary company of Shakespeare, a fishing equipment retail company. Ugly Stik is primarily known for its fishing rods. Shakespeare, originally called William Shakespeare Jr. Company, was founded by William Shakespeare Jr. in 1897 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

6. O. Mustad & Son - Wikipedia

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   A key to the company's success was the efforts made by Mathias Topp, a carpenter turned inventor who designed and created a machine to create hooks automatically and quickly. His first successful machine produced hooks efficiently and quicker than ever before. Feeding wire into the machine led to a cut, bent, barbed, and pointed hook.

7. Orvis - Wikipedia

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   Orvis is an American family-owned retail and mail-order business specializing in fly fishing, hunting and sporting goods.Founded in Manchester, Vermont, in 1856 by Charles F. Orvis to sell fishing tackle, it is the oldest mail-order retailer in the United States.