Article
William H. “Bill” Burgess – Minot’s maker of fishing flies, spinners, and spoons.
Discover Maine Magazine, Western Maine Counties
(2016)
Abstract
William H. “Bill” Burgess (1886-1967) made fishing tackle for his adult life, 1922 to around 1945. Burgess invented, and made, a greater variety of fishing spinners than any other early Maine tackle maker. He employed up to a dozen local people each year. His employees, mostly – if not all women – liked working for Burgess because he paid more than the Auburn shoe factories and allowed his employees to work for their homes.
Keywords
- angling history,
- William H. Burgess,
- State-O-Maine Fishing Tackle
Disciplines
Publication Date
May, 2016
Citation Information
William B. Krohn. "William H. “Bill” Burgess – Minot’s maker of fishing flies, spinners, and spoons." Discover Maine Magazine, Western Maine Counties Vol. 25 Iss. 4 (2016) p. 69 - 72 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william_krohn/71/