northrivergeek Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) This was recently found here in Chattanoga, TN on a river clean up day .. anyone have any info ever seen one like it .. made similar to the old mud bugs .. but looks to recent to be old Edited July 15, 2010 by northrivergeek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northrivergeek Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 This was recently found here in Chattanoga, TN on a river clean up day .. anyone have any info ever seen one like it .. made similar to the old mud bugs .. but looks to recent to be old I found out this morning the mystery is solved made by a company here in TN called tennelure inc in oak ridge .. apparently been gone since about 1984 This model called shiny hiny found others in the link below On Thursday, September 08, 1977, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for SHINY HINY the lure above This trademark is owned by Tennelure, Inc., Oak Ridge ,TN but was canceled http://www.fishermansluck.com/LURE-Z-LIP1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke1wcu Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Awesome find! I have been finding lost lures all my life and have never found something so rare and unique. Definitely one for the true collector! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
