Florida Fishing Tackle Mfg. Co., St. Petersburg, FL
Florida Fishing Tackle Mfg. Co. (Barracuda Brand) was founded by Jack Reynolds and made fishing lures from the late 1920's up until the 1970's. The beautiful graphics on the Barracuda box was copyrighted in 1934. This long period of manufacture gave us a wide range of lure designs and level of quality. The earliest Barracuda lures were high quality and had glass eyes. Later versions had painted eyes.
Reynolds entered into a agreement with Porter Dalton in the mid 1950's to make the Dalton Special. The first Dalton Specials are marked Tampa, Fla. They were later marked St. Pete, Fla. Newer ones are marked Clearwater, Fla. The lure was made for a long time and is still popular today.
BARRACUDA Lures
BARRACUDA Glass Eyed and Blue-Green Pattern Lures
The #30 BARRACUDA Lure, circa 1930's
The #60 TORPECUDA Glass Eye Lures, circa 1930's
The #60 TORPECUDA Glass Eye Lures, circa 1930's
The #60 TORPECUDA Painted Eye Lures, circa 1950's
The POPEYE FROG Lure, circa 1940's
The #10 TIPSY CUDA & #40 TWITCHIN' CUDA Lures, circa 1930's
The #77 KINGCUDA (SILVER KING) Lures, 6 1/2", circa 1950's
The #20 REYHU Lure, circa 1930's
The #88 BLOOPER Lure, circa 1940's
Dalton Specials
Photos of Porter Dalton, Circa 1940's
The Original Barracuda Factory at 2100 - 1st Ave. South in St. Pete Today
Early Barracuda Brand Lure Box Insert Catalog
Link to State of Florida archive photo of Barracuda Display - ca. 1950
