Vintage South Bend Fishing Tackle

F.G. Worden of South Bend, Indiana started making lures at home about 1894, and within a few years had made the South Bend Bait Company into a prosperous venture. Worden is said to have invented the 'bucktail' lure, a minnow-shaped lure with a feathery tail. But the company's most famous product was the Oreno, a minnow-shaped lure with bass and trout sizes, which can be dated by looking at the eyes. Those from the 1920's have no eyes, those...Continue Reading