Museum Archive: Vintage Yakima Bait Worden’s Original Rooster Tail 1, 3/32oz Brass spinning lure #4829

Brass plating on the willow leaf blade catches the light, featuring the iconic scale texture on its lower half and a clear ROOSTER TAIL stamp alongside the size 1 designation. Weighing 3/32oz (2.6 g) and measuring 1 3/4" (4.5 cm), this Yakima Bait specimen carries the product code 4829. The in-line spinner construction centers around a dark, textured body with a distinctive hexagonal pattern that leads to the classic hand-tied black hackle tail. The hackle surrounds a sharp treble hook, a design popularized by Howard Worden in the 1950s to provide a soft profile and subtle flash in the water. The brass blade is attached via a metal clevis, designed for rotation around the wire shaft. Each component remains in excellent shape, earning a condition rating of 5/5. The black feathers are full and well-preserved, maintaining their original volume against the wire. Looking closely at the blade, the stamped arrow points toward the tow eye, a signature detail of these vintage Worden’s originals.