Museum Archive: Blue Fox Vibrotail Roland Martin Spinnerbait (1980s), 1/4oz nickel spinning lure #21227

Weighing in at 1/4oz (7g), this specimen features a nickel-colored spinner blade integrated with a soft-plastic minnow trailer. This particular item, identified by product code 21227, belongs to the Roland Martin series produced by the Blue Fox Tackle Co. in Cambridge, Minnesota during the 1980s. The packaging design emphasizes its origins with a portrait and testimonial from Martin himself on the reverse side. Its construction pairs a light-gauge wire frame with a lifelike baitfish body, designed for casting near cover. While the original card shows storage wear and age-related markings on the upper section, the lure itself is unused. The reverse of the display card lists contemporary Blue Fox offerings such as the Pixee Spoon and Floyd's Buzzer, situating this Vibrotail within a specific era of American lure manufacturing.