Hinckley Phantom Float rotary metal fishing lure

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Antique Hinckley Fish Phantom Lure

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Antique Hinckley Fish Phantom Lure

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Antique Hinckley Fish Phantom Lure

Salt Water Silver Phantom/Chart Tail Curly Shad – Big Eye Spinnerbaits

Arguably, the first commercially successful bass plug, Livingston Hinckley, of Newark, NJ, patented this aluminum rotary surface lure in early 1897.

Late 1890s Hinckley Fish Phantom in the Scarce Box

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The Phantom Softail is the same slow sinking jerk-bait as the standard Phantom, with the added enticement of a soft tail. The Phantom Softail gives yo

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Antique Hinckley Fish Phantom Lure