Smeals Lures were out of Scribner NE I think. Can anyone give me a bit of history on ( Harry ) and what and where his lures ended up? Thanks!

I know next to nothing about the man but I believe he was a big fur buyer out of Iowa.I think he used to do the fur market report in the early days of The Trapper magazine

One of the 1st bottles of lure I ever had! Not sure I still have the empty jar, but I am pretty sentimental about that kind of thing, so it is possibly on a shelf somewhere.

Harry died about (I’m guessing) 25 years ago. Last I heard, Bob, his son gave up on the fur buying and lures. No idea where Bob is these days, but I would start in Scribner Ne. That was where Smeal hide and fur was out of. i went to Scribner in 76 for the NTA convention, and was the first NTA I ever attended. Was hooked after that! Most of his lures were Bill Nelson formulas, but he came up with several that I really liked, and used till he died!

Good info fellas. Thanks! I have a partial jar of Mink lure I bought from him in 85 at a convention in Waverly, Iowa. It smells as good as the day I got it.

E.J. , Lee is correct with his knowledge! Harry was from Scribner, NE. His son had the lure formulas but never carried on with them. Harry was a heck of a good guy. Enjoyed sitting at several convention campfires with him in the group.
Roy

One of my first lure purchases also. Thanks everyone for all the info and for cookin up some memories!