I first joined the National Fishing Lure Collectors Club in 1983, a few years after acquiring a handful of antique lures from a relative. At the time, my entire collection was about two dozen pieces hooked to a styrofoam cooler lid in my closet. Now, nearly 20 years later, this website is a testament to what has become the most pleasant obsession one could ever hope to encounter. My collecting interests focus on early lures in boxes, but we enjoy all lures, with or without boxes.  I am also a member of the Florida Antique Tackle Collectors, and Carolina Antique Tackle Club. When I'm not chasing lures or taking my wife deer hunting, I'm a full-time journalist who covers outdoor and environmental issues  for The Augusta Chronicle, Georgia's second-largest daily newspaper. I've authored more than a dozen articles on antique tackle and early lure companies, including the fascinating Vann-Clay lures from my home state.

Dana has been a tackle collector for almost a decade, focusing at one time or another on flyrod baits, quality Heddons and lures in boxes. We've co-hosted regional tackle conventions together, and Dana has coordinated auctions and appraisals of antique tackle at major national shows for the past five  years.  Dana is also my favorite hunting and fishing partner, my best friend and a patient supporter of our frequent cross-country jaunts in search of old lures.  She is a graduate of Mercer University in Macon, Ga.,  and works full-time as a managed care administrator at Doctors Hospital here in Augusta, Georgia.