General Notes: Originally made with a plain tail, CCBCo soon changed to a fluted tail. The same body as the #200 series Baby Wiggler except the front hook cup is drilled on the belly closer to the chin of the lure to allow room for two belly treble hooks instead of the single treble belly hook ( & a tail hook) on a Baby Wiggler. The #06 Goldfish is among the most desirable colors in this series, but not necessarily the rarest color.
Description of Pictured Lure: #806, Goldfish. This catalog color was made for only four bait casting series: #100, #200, #800, F10 Feather Casting Minnow. Also, one fly rod bait (F-3). It’s considered by many to be one of the most admired colors produced by this company. A later variation of this color was made in the 1960’s, after the focus of this study.

General Notes: Listed in the early catalogs as a bass bait. Similar to the #1000, #1100 series, it was made in three color combinations: #00 Bug, #02 Red & White, #13 Black.  This bait is a scarce one in any color, particularly  in black. the correct boxes are even rarer. One of the few CCBCo bass baits made without a lip or spinner. 
Description of Pictured Lure: #1400, Natural Bug. Hand painted details on a dipped body. One belly hook & a braided string tail. 

General Notes: Made of wood with glass eyes until 1960. Wood with tack eyes 1961-1965, then 1974-1978. Plastic models made from 1966-1978. Original glass eye types were produced in eighteen catalog colors through 1960. This selection & its design make it a collectors favorite. Known by many names over the years – Flat Side, Crip, Crippled Minnow, etc. Many body profiles in this series: thin bodies, then a rounded body, evolving into one with a sharp edge where the flat sides meet the back & belly. The model name didn’t appear on early wooden baits, then was back stenciled. Later, "Injured Minnow" was imprinted in one line, then two lines on the left side.
Description of Pictured Lure: #1514, Yellow Spotted. Although this color had been around since the 1920’s, it wasn’t offered on this series as a catalog color until 1950.  This example is an earlier specimen from the 1930’s in a box marked “1500 Special”. 

General Notes: Produced in seventeen catalog colors through 1960, although the bait was made in wood for a few more years.  It has one side hook instead of two as seen on the #1500 series Injured Minnow. Sometimes an example is observed with the side hook on the left instead of the right side. CCBCo also made a Shur-Strike brand that resembles the main line, but will exhibit differences in paint patterns.  Plastic baits were introduced in 1965. 
Description of Pictured Lure: 
#1605 Old Red Side – A double hook on left side instead of the right. A 1920’s example with the early paint pattern & a silver belly. You will also see many other variations of this #05 color in this and other baits. 

General Notes: The #00 Pollywog pattern with the metallic green spots is unique to this series. Also made in red & white. Offered with a synthetic “pork rind” & a wire weed guard from the factory. Both are usually missing. A missing cloth ribbon passing as a pork rind doesn’t seem to affect value, but if the guard is gone, the value is cut in half. A very unusual bait from CCBCO. It has bead eyes & a single tail hook.
Description of Pictured Lure: 
#1700, Pollywog. Produced as a “weedless” bait with the weed guard, single hook & a rear screw eye. Usually seen with the paint cracking or missing around the lead belly weight. A special flat sided single hook was utilized. 

General Notes: The “5 hooker” is one of the most coveted CCBCO issues. Sold in #05 Red Side, #08, #09, #18. The body blank is shared with the Injured Minnow. The body profile changed as this lure evolved – some rounded, some flat sided. 5 double hooks were shown in the catalog on this bait. Has a belly weight & 2 spinners. Watch out for fake Injured Minnows with a weight & extra hooks added. Shur-Strikes were also made in this series. An independent expert should be approached before purchasing this series to help determine if the lure is CCBCo, Shur-Strike, or a fake. 
Description of Pictured Lure: #1808 ,Rainbow. Produced from c.1924-1933. A flat sided body, five double hooks and an internal belly weight. This EXACT lure pictured in Dr. Smith's book on Creek Chub baits.

General Notes: Overall rarer than the 5 hook #1800 series. #08 Rainbow mistakenly listed as #11 (a black & white color) in the 1925 catalog when CCBCo was trying to standardize all their color codes. A 1927 catalog shows the correct number. Produced in four colors. Has three double or treble hooks and two props. Shur-Strike baits were also made in this series. They are generally thinner & have different paint patterns. However, an expert should be consulted when purchasing this lure. 
Description of Pictured Lure: #1909, Brilliant Greenback. Without a doubt, among the rarest Creek Chub bait casting series. It took over five years of aggressive searching to find my first example.

General Notes: One of CCBCo’s most popular baits. Apparently replaced the #500 Series Open Mouth Shiner, a fatter version of this lure. Also, made in a salt water version with two treble hooks instead of three. Darters were first made without a name on their back, then replaced with a stenciled "Darter", followed by the name gold imprinted. The last type introduced in the 1960's had a gold foil label (often missing or removed). This bait also known as the “Creek Darter” or simply the “2000“.  Plastic examples offered from 1961-1968 in tandem with wooden Darters. Plastic was dropped, but wood was continued until 1978. See the next page for the Spinnered Darter. 
Description of Pictured Lure: #2002, "Bar Mouth" Red Head & White. The #02 color is usually seen with a dipped red head on most series. This type with a blended head was airbrushed over the white body. Has the usual line tie on top of the head & three treble hooks.

Series: 2000-SW

Years Produced: 1957-1964
Length: 3 3/4" Weight: 1 oz.

Series: #2100 Fintail Shiner

Years Produced: 1924 - 1946
Length: 3 1/2”     Weight: .8 oz.

General Notes: A scarcer variation of the Darter, which isn’t actually another CCBCO model., This one has a spinner an “S” marking on the box end. Due to a shorter production period than the regular Darter, this variation and the correctly“S” marked boxes are less often located.
Description of Pictured Lure: #2038-S, Pearl. This color produced on this lure from 1955-1958.  “Creek Chub Darter” gold imprinted on its back. This is perhaps the most fragile of all CCBCo paints, resulting in age lines & paint bleed-through, even on baits never fished.  It’s seen with different overtones of pinks & lavenders. 
A two-hook saltwater Darter was yet another variation within this design. It was offered from 1957-1964.

General Notes: Although the standard #2000 Darter was first offered in the 1920s, this saltwater version wasn't available until the 1950s. This model has two hooks and thru-wire hardware compared to three hooks and a nose tie on the regular #2000. Painted eyes are standard fare for virtually all Darters. Description of Pictured Lure: #2002-SW, Red Head and White. Although many of the standard colors #2000s (not all) are quite common, the opposite can be said here. All of the saltwater versions are very difficult to locate.

General Notes: The body profile started slim & became thicker over the years. The fins & tail were an ongoing problem. CCBCo tried a rubber compound, then a striated flexible plastic type material. Both either melted into the bait, chipped, or dissolved.  Finally in the late 1930’s metal fins & a tail solved the problem. Very difficult to find in superb condition in any color, although lower grade baits are available.
Description of Pictured Lure: #2101, Perch. This bait has all the flexible fins intact. It is one of the earlier examples produced before the metal fins were introduced in 1938. Notice the flexible fins were airbrushed to add realism. 

General Notes: One of the many sizes made in the Pikie profile. Some 1920’s examples are seen with painted eyes instead of glass eyes. Oddly, CCBCo didn’t protect the body with cup hardware on this series. The belly  screw eye is screwed directly into the body. Although  #13 Black is a scarce to rare color on many Creek Chub baits, it is fairly common on this series. 
Description of Pictured Lure: #2213, Black. It has a gold stencil  “Pikie Minnow” on its back. Black was made on the #2200 series from c.1924-1954.

Series: #2300-L Husky Pikie

Years Produced: 1957-1962
Length: 6" Weight: 2 oz.

General Notes: Although some might consider this a mere variation of the #2300 Husky Pikie, there are enough differences to place this sub-type in its own category. The standard Husky Pikie has three trebles and weighs 1.9 oz. This lure has two hooks and an internal lead weight (hence, the "L" code). It weighs 2 oz. A very rare series. Only produced for four years with glass eyes and two with tack eyes. Description of Pictured Lure: #2335-L, Purple Eel. An incredibly tough catalog color in a very scarce series. The combination of a short-lived series and a bait produced for a specialized market is reason enough to explain why virtually any catalog color with this body would be considered a prize in your collection.