Vintage Fishing Plug Identification

[Squire]

I am wondering if anyone can help me identify this plug. It has no markings on it whatsoever to help with ID and I’ve never seen this type of hook attachment system before. It appears to have a stiff wire inserted at the tail that captures the eyes of two swivels inserted through the holes in the bottom. And it appears to be made of Cedar.

 

[Adrenafin]

Looks like a sparx. I have one that is somewhere between 1940 and 1960.

 

[Squire]

I went down the internet rabbit hole for a while and found a couple of examples of Wallace Highliner plugs with similar construction. They were well marked with the brand though.

Definitely could be a SparX

 

[PEETZcanada]

I have a few SparX plugs this a mint NIB with insert and single hook option that makes it a 100%. This is a 5 inch herring scale pattern. These are killer plugs, some commercial highliners from back in the day did very well with them.

I also have Wallace plugs, but I believe they may be branded on the belly. I will look for them on Saturday and report back.

 

[Trophy 2000]

My first reaction was SparX and this is from my collection

 

[Trophy 2000]

I have a few SparX plugs this a mint NIB with insert and single hook option that makes it a 100%. This is a 5 inch herring scale pattern. These are killer plugs, some commercial highliners from back in the day did very well with them.

I also have Wallace plugs, but I believe they may be branded on the belly. I will look for them on Saturday and report back.

Nice one with that original box harder to come by

 

[PEETZcanada]

As reported earlier all my Wallace plugs are belly branded. I believe the plug in question is SparX. I thought this from the get go.