marginal man
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Thought I'd post a few jigs I've been picking up here and there when I can find them. This is a Jack Crawford Brown Buster pattern hair jig. Old Fishing Facts readers will remember them well. From what I've been able to gather, Jack tied his jigs for his own company until about 1975. At that point, ads in Fishing Facts started listing the Crawford Tackle Co. as a division of (Dan) Gapen's Fishing World. Next time I see Dan I'm going to ask him about this. I believe at some point in the future Mister Twister ultimately ended up acquiring the design and jig rights with their "Nature Series" of jigs, many of which were identical patterns and ties to original Crawford ties shown in the pages of Fishing Facts back in the early 70s. Jack Crawford lived in Wisconsin for most of his life until 1997 when he and his wife moved to Minnesota. He passed away two years later in 1999. If anyone has any additional details they'd like to add I'd love to hear them.
Edit: Just noticed the forum above this for Vintage Tying Tools & Jigs. Mods feel free to move this thread if it should be in the other forum. My mistake.
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Edit: Just noticed the forum above this for Vintage Tying Tools & Jigs. Mods feel free to move this thread if it should be in the other forum. My mistake.
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