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Gaines poppers: Since 1947, the little hamlet of Gaines, Pennsylvania, has been known for its fishing lures.
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Today, the very school building where Tom Eggler started the grades is the site of the famed fishing tackle firm, The Gaines Company. Almost immediately, the two Gaines natives began to expand their line of lures…and expand their market. In 1976 they purchased the Phillips line of lures, its most famous being the Phillips Crippled Killer. Later, they purchased the Golden Eye lure company. Several other lure companies were purchased and added to their catalogue. Continuing to add to fly fishers’ and spinning anglers’ choices, the company now produces over 350 lures and bass bugs. The Gaines Company’s products are praised and are prized by anglers
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from beginners top-popping for bluegills to professionals chasing big bass and saltwater tarpon. The company and its bugs, poppers, and lures have been featured in a number of sporting magazines and newspaper outdoor columns. The Gaines line is featured prominently in Nick Sisley’s book, Panfish U.S.A. President George W. Bush wrote a letter to the company paying tribute to the tackle. We could name-drop for quite a while. Probably nationally acclaimed outdoor writer Dave Wolfe said it best when praising the poppers: “We have found bass liking them all over…I have fished them because I know that they take large fish.” The bodies of the lures range
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