Does anyone know about jim helfrich i got some of his traps the 550 eliminator and needed some parts how i get ahold of him

Helfrich traps haven’t been made for at least 25 years. Parts are probably going to be difficult to find. The traps are so “unique” that just any old part won’t work.

Good Luck.

Do you know he at thank you

Send me a pm I have a few I would sell or trade.

How much and would trade

He's a member on here, but hasn't been on in 10 years. He's member #11019

https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthr...p;contain=Jim+Helfrich&sendit=Search

I just spoke with Tom Parr. He said he believes Keith Winkler still keeps in touch with Helfrich, and may even be able to help direct you with parts...

Keith Winkler, Sterling Fur
330-939-3763

Ok thank you

Wow, he was a man back in the day, had it going on. Ripped a bunch of folks off and his name has been mud since. His trap was ahead of it's time.

I last spoke with Jim Helfrich about 5 years ago and questioned him about the availability of parts. He told me he had none. He was still dreaming of making his traps again one day.

Ok thank you

Doesn't he have a book? I swear I read a mink trapping book by him. The Helfrich System something or other? Probably doesn't have much info on his specific traps though.

I think he wrote a couple books, I'm sure I have some. The books were well before his traps came out though. He was a high-profile trapper back in the 70s and 80s.

Lure maker too

He wrote several books, had articles all the time in the magazines and sold some great lures also.

He also wrote hand written letter's answering question's to a poor back woods kid struggling to figure
out how to trap, for that i'll always be grateful.

I took lessons from Jim,he made some good lures back in the day.To bad things went south for him.

Carroll Black talked of running a river trapline with Jim here in Ohio. I believe they trapped together for some time. Blackie had nothing bad to say about Helfrich and spoke fondly of that time in his life. Can you imagine the amount of stories and BS being slung around in a small canoe with those two characters on board!? WOW! There wouldn't be much room for anything else! If any members here have a picture of Jim, I request they post it here please, so folks know what the fellow looks like.

Joe Goodman

He was one of the pioneer's of custom trap building!

I used his lure too...in the 80s. Bought both his fox trapping books years ago. Good info.

Profitable Fox Trapping & Profitable Coon Trapping, along with Hawbaker's Trapping North American Furbearer's were the first trapping books I owned back around '81 or so,

Jim Helfrich and Tom Miranda were the best from the tail end of the fur boom generation, IMO....Took instruction from Tom....Idolized those guys.