Bender Fishing Tackle Co., ca. 1946–53
Bender Fishing Tackle Company, ca. 1946–53
Albert Bender and E. C. Flynn
Pinellas Park
Acc. no. 2021M.012.090
Albert Bender and E. C. Flynn formed Bender & Flynn Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Company in Pinellas Park around 1945. Flynn left the company a few years later, but it continued as Bender Fishing Tackle Company. Owen Chase purchased it in the early 1950s. The lure on the left is the Pot Belly. The lure on the right is a Broken Back Darter.