Fred Arbogast – A Biography of Akron’s Greatest Angler
Fred Arbogast – A Biography of Akron’s Greatest Angler is a book review of Kevin Virden’s book on the life of Fred Arbogast, a must read.
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Wigglers and Dancers – Fred Arbogast
Wigglers and Dancers – Fred Arbogast is another look back at the baits and designs of famed lure maker Fred Arbogast.
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Okiebug 1974 The Catalog
Okiebug 1974 The Catalog looks back at Don Butler’s Okiebug Distributing Company and the catalog he put out during those years.
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Black Bass Fishing: Robert Page Lincoln – Part Three
Black Bass Fishing: Robert Page Lincoln – Part Three is the final part in a series on Robert page Lincoln’s book written in 1952
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Black Bass Fishing: Robert Page Lincoln – Part Two
Black Bass Fishing: Robert Page Lincoln – Part Two is a book review of Lincoln’s book published in 1952 on black bass fishing
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Mudbug for Metcalf
Texas angler Mike Metcalf was a ‘Master of the Mudbug,’ along with a couple other guys from that area and time frame
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Fred Arbogast Ads 1940
Hand tying was labor intensive and Arbogast was looking for a quicker way to turn out baits. To decrease the labor, he turned to making skirts out of rubber. In doing that, Arbogast invented the living rubber skirt in 1936 and introduced the Hawaiian Wiggler shortly thereafter.
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