Museum Archive: Vintage Yakima Bait Worden’s Original Rooster Tail, 3/64oz spinning lure #6597

Tipping the scales at a mere 1/24 oz (1.18 g), this miniature specimen is a quintessential example of ultra-light tackle design. The gold willow-style blade sits above a weighted body finished in a classic firetiger pattern, identified by Product Code 204 FRT, which features a bright orange base with dark spotting. Below the body, a dense hackle tail in vibrant chartreuse yellow provides a soft silhouette, a signature feature developed by Howard Worden to add a life-like texture that distinguishes these from standard metal spinners. Yakima Bait Company produced this unit in the USA, mounting the components on a straight wire frame that terminates in a small treble hook concealed within the feathers. This lure is unused and remains factory-sealed in its original blister packaging.