Authentic Vintage Ads, Antique Prints & Patent Art — Est. 2003

Vintage Fishing Ads

Vintage Fishing Advertisements

Quick Answer: Vintage fishing advertisements are authentic original magazine ads created to promote angling, fishing tackle, and outdoor life during the early and mid-20th century. These original period pages reflect the craftsmanship, design, and cultural traditions of fishing as portrayed through historic print advertising.

This collection features a curated archive of original vintage fishing magazine advertisements that celebrate the art and culture of angling. From bamboo fly rods and precision reels to lures, lines, and outdoor apparel, these ads document how fishing was marketed as both skill and pastime.

Published in respected periodicals such as Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, Fortune, and The Saturday Evening Post, the advertisements showcase renowned manufacturers including Shakespeare, Pflueger, Heddon, Garcia, and South Bend. Illustrated with technical detail and pastoral imagery, they capture the visual language of mid-century outdoor advertising.

All items in this collection are authentic original period magazine pages, not reproductions. Each advertisement retains its original paper stock, halftone printing, typography, and age-consistent characteristics that modern digital prints cannot replicate.

Each vintage fishing advertisement includes a Certificate of Authenticity confirming it as an original period magazine advertisement.

Vintage fishing ads are collected for their connection to outdoor heritage, craftsmanship, and graphic design. They are commonly displayed in offices, studies, cabins, lodges, and interiors that celebrate angling tradition and Americana.

Our museum-quality mat and frame service ensures archival preservation and sophisticated display—transforming each original ad into a timeless artifact of outdoor heritage and visual culture.

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1903 Abercrombie & Fitch Antique Fishing Tackle Print Ad New York City Fisherman

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1903 Bristol Steel Fishing Rods Antique Print Ad Horton Mfg Co Bristol CT Canoe

1903 Chicago & North Western Railway Railroad Print Ad C&NW RR Hunting Fishing

1903 Erie Railroad Railroad Print Ad Fishing Fisherman Greenwood Lake Round Lake

1903 Lackawanna Railroad Print Ad Delaware Water Gap George H Wright Art Fishing

1904 Erie Railroad Print Ad Fishing On The Picturesque Erie Fisherman Keel Net

1904 Erie Railroad Print Ad Fishing Chautaugua Lake BRIEFLY NY Water Fountain

1904 Northern Pacific Railway Railroad Print Ad Yellowstone Trout Fishing

1905 Abbey & Imbrie Fishing Reel Antique Print Ad NY Compensating Bass Fisherman

1905 Atlantic Coast Line Railway Print Ad - New York Florida Fishing Railroad RR

1905 Bristol Steel Rods Antique Print Ad Horton Mfg Co Bristol CT Salmon Trout

1905 The Anglers Co Antique Print Ad Metal Whipped Diamond Rods Fishing Hartford

1905 The Anglers Co Antique Print Ad Metal Whipped Diamond Rods Fly Fishing

1906 Grand Trunk Railway Railroad Print Ad Algonquin National Park Trout Fishing

1907 Grand Trunk Railway Railroad Print Ad Lake Of Bays Fishing Fisherman

1907 Lackawanna Railroad Print Ad Trout Fishing Camping Tent Mtn & Lake Resorts

1907 Rock Island System Railroad Print Ad Colorado Trout Fishing Stream Fly Rod

1908 Grand Trunk Railway Railroad Print Ad Algonquin National Park Trout Fishing

1908 Grand Trunk Railway Railroad Print Ad Georgian Bay Fishing Fisherman

1908 Grand Trunk Railway Railroad Print Ad Temagami Park Bass Fishing Canoes

1910 Boston & Maine Railroad Print Ad Fishing in Maine Trout Trout Fly

1934 Canadian Pacific Railway Railroad Print Ad Canada Fishing Canoes Lakes

1936 AL Foss Fishing Lures Print Ad - American Fork & Hoe Company Geneva Ohio

1936 Richardson Fishing Rods Print Ad - Richardson Rod & Reel Co Chicago IL

1937 Shakespeare Marhoff Fishing Reel Print Ad - Lures Tackle Kalamazoo Michigan

1937 True Temper Fishing Rods Print Ad - American Fork & Hoe Company Geneva Ohio

1939 Pflueger Fishing Tackle Reels Rods Lures Fly Reel - Akron Ohio Print Ad

1939 Weber Fly Tackle Fly Rods Fly Lines - Weber Lifelike Fly Co WI Print Ad

1940 Evinrude Outboard Motors Milwaukee WI Print Ad Sportsman Sportwin Fisherman

1940 Evinrude Outboard Motors Milwaukee Wisconsin Print Ad - Zephyr Four Elto

1940 Heddon River Runt Spook Fishing Lure - Dowagiac Michigan Print Ad

1940 South Bend Bait Co. Factory Indiana Print Ad - Oreno Obite Fishing Tackle

1940 South Bend Bait Co. Indiana Print Ad - Black Oreno Fishing Line Tackle

1940 South Bend Bait Co. Indiana Print Ad - No. 550 Fishing Reel Oreno-O-Matic

1940 South Bend Fish-Obite Fishing Tackle - Bass-Oreno LureIndiana Print Ad

1943 Bristol Solid Steel Casting Rods Print Ad - Horton Manufacturing Bristol CT

1943 Creek Chub Fishing Lures Print Ad - Pikie Minnow Creek Darter Garrett IN

1945 Cycloid Micromatic Fishing Reel Photo Print Ad Chicago IL Jumping Bass

1945 Martin Automatic Fly Fishing Reel Print Ad Fly-Wate Mohawk New York

1945 Sunset Lines Fishing Line Photo Print Ad Castmaster San Francisco CA Muskie

1945 Sunset Lines Fishing Line Photo Print Ad San Francisco CA Bluefin Tuna

1945 Weber Fly Tackle Fishing Creel Fly Rod - Weber Lifelike Fly Co WI Print Ad

1946 Coxe Bronson Fishing Reels Print Ad Models 10C-60C-25C Bronson Michigan

1946 Cycloid Micromatic Fishing Reel Photo Print Ad Chicago Illinois

1946 H-I Sarasota Rod Print Ad - Horrocks-Ibbotson Utica NY Fishing Bluefin

1946 H-I Steel Casting Rod Print Ad - Horrocks-Ibbotson Utica New York Fishing

1946 H-I Tonka Queen Fly Rod Print Ad - Horrocks-Ibbotson Utica New York Fishing

1946 Ocean City Surf Reels Print Ad Hampton Beach Quaker City Philadelphia PA

1946 Sea Lake Stainless Steel Fishing Reel Print Ad Pentagon Los Angeles CA

1947 Baby Weezel Feather Minnow Fishing Lure Cincinnati Ohio Print Ad

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