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James Heddon & Son's. Spooks/Plastics.

Heddon was one of the first major companies to work with plastics on a major scale. Starting with materials like Pyralin, and Bakelite, and then working with Tenite, both Tenite 1 which was very unstable and Tenite 2 which is what most spooks today are made of. The Spooks are what set Heddon on a path to success in a big way, lures like the Basser Spook and Vamp Spook. But the biggest part of this can be traced back to the famous River Runt Spook. The success of the River Runt Spook took Heddon to World famous status. Heddon soon started making Spook versions of their famous Punkinseed lures, along with the Crazy Crawler and the amazing Meadow Mouse. The Tadpolly also changed to Tenite and became the Tadpolly Spook, also the Wounded Spook, the variety is almost endless. The biggest thing about the Spooks is the nearly endless variety of colors out there to collect. Some with no eyes, some with gold eyes the list is vast and the collecting fun. Some collectors dedicate their entire collections to just spooks, some just one variety of spook. Here we like to collect all things Heddon that catch our eye and Spooks are certainly among them. With a variety of boxes and lures collecting Heddon lures is fun and satisfying.  A vintage fishing lure collection can not be complete without several old Heddon lures in it. With timeless style, legend & quality, Heddon fishing lures are a must in any collection. 

This rare Heddon Dealer Dozen box for River Runt Spooks 9110 XRW Standard lures is dated to the early 1950's Boxes like this are very hard to find. We are very happy to have ours with 4 of the correct lures for it.

This beautiful NOS Heddon 9110XRS River Runt Spook Standard dates to the 1950's.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This beautiful NOS Heddon 9110L River Runt Spook Standard dates to the 1950's.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This beautiful NOS Heddon 9110RH River Runt Spook Standard dates to the 1950's.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This beautiful Heddon 9400XRS River Runt Spook Floater dates to 1949  This lure is in amazing condition.

This beautiful NOS Heddon D9110L River Runt Spook dates to the early 1950's. The Go Deeper step lip was introduced in 1949.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This beautiful NOS Heddon D9110RH River Runt Spook dates to the early 1950's. This Go Deeper is in the Red Head color.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This Heddon 9110 Spook Sinker is in the tougher Green Silver Scale color not Shad. Shad color has a red slash forward of the black dot. This cool Runt also features transitional hardware and dates to the late 1940's. As can be seen, this lure has been in on catching some fish.

Introduced in 1959 for the spin-fishing uprising that took the world by storm. The Tiny model 380 Punkinseed played a big part in it. This lure lasted in Heddon's catalogs up until 1979. This well preserved Early Tiny Seed is in the Sunfish Color &  has the embedded bell hardware, Gold Eyes and Stenciling on the belly. Special Thanks to the NFLCC for preserving lures like this. Keep an eye open these Tiny Punkinseeds are very collectable.

This Amazing Early Crappie Color 380 Heddon Punkinseed again very well preserved. This is another Early 1959-1962 era Seed, it has the Embedded bell hardware, Gold Eyes and Gold Stenciling  on the belly.  These little seeds measure in at 1 3/4 Inches and around 1/3 ounces. The Shore Minnow colors are among the hardest to find in this series.

This beautiful Heddon 9630 Punkinseed dates to 1952 Shown here in Sunfish color with surface hardware and Gold Stenciling. The 9630 Punkinseed lures would be available into the 1970's. A very collectable series of lures, and another of the legendary lures produced by Heddon.

This great 9630 seed features a Black Shore color with gold color ribs and nice detail in the stripe on the middle of the bait. This lure is rigged in Surface Hardware.

Heddon 9630 Punkinseed 2nd. Shown here in Black Glow Frog (PM) color with surface hardware and Black Stenciling. The 9630 Punkinseed 2nd lures are lures taken out of stock and sold as a second. They become a second when something happens to the lure.  Like a flaw in the paint, or some other small flaw. They are taken out and a red dot put on the belly. These cool lures are just as fun to collect and have some great colors.

Heddon Hi-Tail 305 Silver Flitter. Introduced in 1960, the Heddon Hi-Tail has a neat story. It started out with the name Top Kick but due to issues with another company and lure, the name was scrubbed and Hi-Tail took over. Offered in 6 colors Black, Frog, Silver Flitter, Yellow, Perch, and White with red head. Special colors are also found and carry a decent value. The model 305 Hi-Tail did not last long it's run ended in 1962. This series is highly sought after, and one of the hottest Heddon Spook collectables today. 

This beautiful NOS Heddon 9000 SO Tadpolly Spook dates to 1952 one of the first of this series. This Tadpolly is in the SO Orange Spot color.  This lure is in brand new condition, and one of the first of this series!

This beautiful Heddon 360 Tiny Torpedo in BullFrog color dates to the 1960's as is has a marked prop. These cool little lures were introduced in 1952 to add depth to Heddon's Spinn fishing collection. With so many variations these lures can be a fun series to collect.

This rare Heddon Dealer Dozen box for River Runt Spooks Go Deeper D9110L  lures is dated to the early 1950's Boxes like this are very hard to find. We are very happy to have ours with at least one of the correct lures for it.

This beautiful NOS Heddon 9110XRW River Runt Spook Standard dates to the 1950's.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This beautiful NOS Heddon 9110XRY River Runt Spook Standard dates to the 1950's.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This beautiful NOS Heddon 9110XBW River Runt Spook Standard dates to the 1950's.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This Heddon 9110XBW River Runt Spook Standard dates to 1949  This lure is in good condition. We saved the box from an old metal tackle box that had been sitting in the rain.

This beautiful NOS Heddon D9110XRY River Runt Spook dates to the early 1950's. This Go Deeper is in the Yellow Shore Minnow color.  This lure is in brand new condition.

This beautiful NOS Heddon D9110XBW River Runt Spook dates to the early 1950's. This Go Deeper is in the Black Shore Minnow color.  This lure is in brand new condition.

Introduced in 1940 the 980 Fly Rod Punkie Spook are among the most collectible spooks of all time. This amazing lure dates to 1951 it's still (NIB) in this condition.

This stunning Early Bluegill Color 380 Heddon Punkinseed has been very well preserved. This is another Early 1959-1962 era Seed, it has the Embedded bell hardware, Gold Eyes and Gold Stenciling  on the belly.  These little seeds are always fun to collect. We have some others in our collection but not as nice as these, these are good enough to make our site. Thanks to collector groups like the NFLCC and CAFTA lures like this are preserved and become available from time to time.

This Beautiful Early Shad Color 380 Heddon Punkinseed another very well preserved lure. This is again an Early 1959-1962 era Seed, it has the Embedded bell hardware, Gold Eyes and Gold Stenciling  on the belly.  You may find some 380 Punkinseeds with White Color eyes the change to White eyes on the 380 series happened in the Mid 1960's. Some cool 380 also have Red Eyes.

This beautiful Heddon 9630 Punkinseed dates to the late 1940's 1948-1949 Shown here in White Shore Minnow XRW color with Transition hardware and Gold Stenciling. 

This beautiful Heddon 9630 Punkinseed dates to the 1950's Shown here in Bluegill color with surface hardware and Gold Stenciling. This lure was found for the box which we found in an old metal tacklebox wasting away. Now it's a nice combo again, one of our favorite things is finding lures for boxes and restoring combos.

Heddon 9630 Punkinseed 2nd. Shown here in Spook Glow Red/Black (XLB) color with surface hardware and Gold Stenciling. The 9630 Punkinseed 2nd lures are lures taken out of stock and sold as a second. There are many colors to collect the 2nd's are becoming more and more popular.

Heddon Hi-Tail 305 in Black. It started out with the name Top Kick but due to issues with another company and lure, the name was scrubbed and Hi-Tail took over. Some examples are found with the Hi-Tail name stenciled over the Top Kick name. Offered in 6 colors Black, Frog, Silver Flitter, Yellow, Perch, and White with red head. Special colors are also found and carry a decent value. The model 305 Hi-Tail did not last long it's run ended in 1962. This series is highly sought after, and one of the hottest Heddon Spook collectables today. 

This beautiful Heddon 9000 RH Tadpolly Spook dates to 1953 an early lure for this series. This Tadpolly is in the RH Red Head color.  This lure is in good condition.

This beautiful Heddon 360 Tiny Torpedo in Perch color dates to the 1980's. It has a marked prop, but this color with the Heddon stamp on the belly was a 1980's color. With so many variations these lures can be a fun series to collect.

Heddon Winona Float set, Includes six of the very rarely seen 4 1/4” floats, all in at least Ex- condition. Several appearing unused, also six of the large 7” floats grading VG+ to Ex.  The Heddon Winona Float first appeared in the 1928 catalog as the "Winona Celluloid Float" it did not have the coil on the bottom. In the 1929 catalog the "No. 7 Winona Celluloid Float" appears and has the coil on the bottom. The No.7 would be the only size offered until 1954 when the "No.45 Winona Celluloid Float" first appears. The No.45 is the smaller 4 1/4 size and it would last from 1954 to 1960 only a short time which is why they are more difficult to find. It appears like 1960 was the final year these floats were offered. We are happy to have this cool set of 6 each in our collection.

More great Heddon Lures coming soon.
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