What luremaker/company/family holds the title as the longest running original brand right now still cooking in house?

I'm talking still making their own recipes (or directly overseeing production) and is halfway "in the family". I know you can order EJ Dailey or Hawbaker stuff, but obviously it's a passed down or bought recipe not in the same family or company.

I respect the guys who learned side by side before taking the reigns, and many do a great job keeping the quality standard up, but I'd like to know what brand is currently the Old Guard.

The 1980's was 40+ yrs ago, fur crash had to thin a lot out. How many are still trucking since then with original "bloodlines" ?

Dobbins.

Rapala

Trapping lures

I would have to say it might be O’Gorman, but I don’t know how much of his lures are original or formulas he bought or acquired.

One who has been making lure with original formulas for well over 40 years is Jeff Robinson of JR & Sons.

Well I for one, dont care if he walks or runs. Just be sure that his good stuff is around as long as I'm able to walk or run, lol, hopefully longer.

Hawbakers been around since the 20's or 30's

Lenons maybe, yaa Paul and O'gormans are right up .

Agreed

Hawbakers and Lenons have changed hands.

Tim Caven has been at it a while.

Savell have you seen him lately?
He’s been on a diet and he’s half the man he used to be.
We are going to half the start calling him “Skinny Bossman”

Mr Paul doesn’t strike me as someone who could run for very long

Should of seen him chasing a guy into a camper who had to fend him off with a mounted fisher! lol.

Hawbakers was sold maybe 10 years ago. I believe Sterling Fur bought the name, but I could be misremembering that.

Anyhow, it’s not the same lure. For decades Hawbakers Red Fox 100 Gland Lure was my number one fox lure.

After the sale, the smell, consistency and effectiveness changed dramatically. I quit using it soon after that.

MR Paul Dobbins I bet is right up there with the longest tenure of family run lure making...

Kind of what I thought, but I wasn't around back then to know and I'm not in the industry to know who sold to who and when.

I was imagining Dobbins, Carmans, Marsyada, Jameson, Cavens would all be up there

51 years for our business this year.

Stud!
I smelled like you yesterday. Felt good.

Pete Rickard since 1929.
Great change up beaver lure.

I thought his son sold it?