VERTICAL LIP SCREWS • FRED ARBOGAST c 1941 JITTERBUG w/ 2nd GENERATION HARDWARE 5/8 oz Fishing Lure • BLACK

FRED ARBOGAST 5/8 oz JITTERBUG w/ 2nd GENERATION HARDWARE Fishing Lure in BLACK

• +Vertical Lip Screws; +Plastic Body; +No Stencil; +2nd Style Hardware; & +

• Vintage Patina Left Intact!
• Vertical Screw Lips Were Offered for 1 Year Only Because the Lips Would Get Loose. So the 'Survival Of the Fittest' Physics for the Offset Screws Prevailed & This is a Rare Hardware Sighting!
• "During 1941 Arbogast Made His 1st Run of Plastic Jitterbugs Often Referred to As "the First Generation Plastic Jitterbugs". These Jitterbugs Can Be Easily Identified as They Have Vertical Screws Holding the Lip; the Screws are Set Directly Above and Below Each Other. In 1942 the Screws Were Offset Once Again."  via pg 18 of Sam VanCamp's 2014 Book: "COLLECTING FRED ARBOGAST'S JITTERBUGS" 
• Given the Above Info We Can Place This One as a 1941 First Run Plastic Jitterbug! WOW!!
• An Essential Jitterbug Collector Piece!!

Condition: VG to Ex-; Various Scratches/Rubs/Marks; Rust/Oxidation to Hardware; a ‘Warrior Bug’; see pics

Length: 3"

Weight: 5/8 oz

Action: Topwater

Another Unique Find for You From Toad Tackle!