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Does anyone collect old lure catalogs? Are they worth anything? I've got several catalogs from the 1960s and 70s. If nothing else, the sure are entertaining to look at!

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Comment by JBplusThuy on December 18, 2012 at 11:41am

@Jeff - that FF issue with the rainbow trout on the cover is one of the ones I used to have!

@Vince - Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers turns up on eBay from time to time. I still have my copy but haven't opened it in years. I think I should :)  A number of both the early and updated (late 1980s) editions are also on Amazon.

Jonathan

Comment by Walt Foreman on December 16, 2012 at 7:11am

I believe it, Jeff!  Those paintings were something else.

Comment by Rick King on December 16, 2012 at 6:30am

Jeff, nice photos and memories for us who grew up in the sixties.......

Comment by Jeff Soto on December 16, 2012 at 12:34am

The good old Fishing Facts magazine!  Artist Wiley Miller painted the great covers.  I recently saw one of his original paintings on Ebay going for $3,000!

Comment by Jeff Soto on December 16, 2012 at 12:32am

Comment by Walt Foreman on December 15, 2012 at 11:02pm

I wouldn't take money for my old Fishing Facts issues.  I loved that magazine - learned a good percentage of what I know about fishing from it.  They also had beautiful cover illustrations - I loved those paintings of fish they used (many of them were big bluegill).  I think they had a wildlife painter do them special for the magazine.

Comment by Vince Fusco on December 15, 2012 at 10:28pm

I use to own a cope of Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers. I learned a lot about light line, and small hook fishing from that book. I wish I still had it. 

Comment by Vince Fusco on December 15, 2012 at 10:26pm

Is anyone here familiar with a magazine that came out of Kentucky called Panfisherman? This would have been published in the late 80's. 

Comment by JBplusThuy on December 15, 2012 at 10:16pm

Walt, I used to have tons of old Fishing Facts mags from the 70s, but had to get rid of them when making an international move and had to lighten up my load a lot. Regret not storing them with my parents now :(

Comment by Walt Foreman on December 15, 2012 at 6:49pm

I have a few or several dozen old fishing magazines, everything from Fishing Facts to Field and Stream to Outdoor Life to a defunct mag out of Kentucky called Fishing Line to Tennessee Sportsman, from the '70's through early '90's.  They're stored in plastic bags in a closet so hopefully they're still in good shape - they were when they were put away.  

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