OLD & ANTIQUE FISHING TACKLE

A Selection of Spinning Baits

spinning bait selection A   Slotted Devon Minnow

B   Sprat Trebles

C   Quill Minnows

D   Devon Minnows

E   Prawn plug

F   Plucky plug

G   Phantom Minnow

antique slotted devon minnow Slotted Devon Minnow
Description:
with 4 trebles:
Length 7.5cm
Maker/Origin:
Comments:
Sprat Treble
Length:
5.3cm max   (body 5cm)
Description:
Deadbait spinning mounts
Maker/Origin:
deadbait spinning mount Sprat Treble
Length:
5.8cm   (body 5cm)
Description:
Deadbait spinning mounts
Maker/Origin:
Comments:
quill minnow picture Quill Minnow
Length:
5.3cm   (body 5cm)
Description:
Artificial Spinning Bait
Lighter than the metal Devons, so very effective especially in shallow water for brown trout.
Still being manufactured. eg. Jackson, Cilgerran, Cardigan
devon minnow photo Devon Minnows
Length:
2.5cm   (body).     Can be obtained in sizes up to 10cm for salmon
Description:
Artificial Spinning Bait. Made of metal. Wooden and plastic varieties also exist.

plugs photograph Prawn plug
Length:
9cm
Description:
Artificial Plug Bait.
Fished with a sink and draw method
artificial fishing lure The "Plucky"
Length:
5.5cm
Description:
Artificial Swimming Lure.
Manufacturer:
Made in France
Hand Painted.
Made of rubber.
Stainless Hinge.
Stabilising air pocket keeps it on even keel.
Three sizes
Purchased in the 60's for 6 shillings and 9 pence

antique phantom minnow Phantom spinning bait
Length:
15cm   total,     11.3cm body.
Description:
Artificial Spinning Bait. Made of seal or other animal skin. This developed into the Wagtail bait, where the body and tail of the bait is independent of the terminal treble.
Both the Phantom and the Wagtail were excellent baits for Pike, and accounted for vast numbers of predatory fish in many situations ranging from the Hampshire chalk streams to Irish loughs in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The high cost of manufacture eventually caused their demise.

REFERENCES:

The Modern Angler,   "Otter",   Upcott Gill,   London, 1898
The Scientific Angler,   D Foster,   Bemrose & Sons, 1882
Fishing   Salmon and Trout,   H Cholmondeley-Pennell,   Longmans, Green & Co 1886
The Best of Hardy's Anglers' Guides,   J Maxtone Graham,   MacDonald, Edinburgh, 1982
Falkus & Buller's Freshwater Fishing,   Stanley Paul, 1988
The Art of Angling,   Editor K Mansfield,   Caxton Publ.Co. 1957   (3 vols)

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