History

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Al Foss was born in Covington, Ohio on February 14, 1868 and died in Orlando, Florida on April 1, 1949. Al started in the plumbing business and eventually moved into the slot machine business. He had a great interest in anything mechanical. He started Al Foss Fishing Tackle Company in 1915. He sold out to the American Fork and Hoe Company in 1929, prior to the collapse of the stock market and the start of the Great Depression. Al was also involved for over 25 years in tournament casting. In 1933 he was the 5/8 ounce distance bait champion.


AL FOSS -- FIRST IN EVERYTHING

FIRST - pork rind minnow ever offered for sale

FIRST - lure with celluloid (pyralin) body

FIRST - lure with flexible tail attached to body

FIRST - lure with stud to button flexible tail to

FIRST - lure with means to rigidly hold flexible tail to body

FIRST - lure with detachable hook rigidly attached

FIRST - lure to really make pork rind strip wiggle

FIRST - pork rind lure to have “reinforced hook anchorage”

FIRST - lure to successfully operate in weeds, yet having no guard to ward off strike

FIRST - to split pig skins for fishing purposes

FIRST - to market pork rind strips


Above quoted from Al Foss ad in OUTDOOR LIFE, July 1923

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