Section: lures-of-the-north
Bill RiversEppinger Dardevle... the classic red & white spoon |  |
| If one lure has come to symbolize fishing in Canada's North, it must surely be the classic red & white Eppinger Dardevle spoon. For almost a century, the Dardevle has been the standard by which all other lures are judged and remains one of the most popular fishing lures in use today. | |
 | Judging by the number of "knock-offs" in the tackle industry, the Eppinger Dardevle has been very successful. Inexpensive imitators made with inferior materials cannot match the proven performance of a genuine Dardevle, and more world records have been caught on Eppinger lures than all the knock-offs put together ! |
| The Eppinger tradition began in 1906 when Lou Eppinger spent a month in the Ontario wilderness, fishing and camping. Using a lure of his own design - a 2 oz., metal spoon hammered so that it was thinner in the middle and thicker toward the edges - Lou developed a protoype, the Osprey, which caught lots of fish, especially pike. Soon afterwards, the Osprey name was changed to Dardevle after a US Marines Brigade given that nickname in WW I. Today the Eppinger family business produces over 2 million lures annually - in more than 16 000 shapes, sizes and colors - with "performance, value and tradition built into each and every Eppinger lure". |  |
| Other Eppinger lures include:
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| "Continuing the legend through craftsmanship." Special thanks to Eppinger Manufacturing Co. for their assistance with this feature. | |