Al Foss: The Life and Fishing Lures of the Pork Rind King

Al Foss was an iconic name in the fishing world during the first half of the twentieth century. Having developed some of the most popular fishing lures ever made, he barnstormed the nation demonstrating his pork rind baits and showing movies of his fishing trips. By the mid-1920s he was known as the "Pork Rind King" and even after he sold his company in 1929, his name was still used to hawk a line of fishing lures well into the 1960s. Al's fishing tackle business is well documented in this ...