Harville Manufacturing Company

I picked up a news article about their plant burning in Henderson, Tenn.
They made soft plastic baits. Anybody know anything about this company?

Ronnie

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According to:
http://miva.jacksonsun.com/miva/cgi-...00508127459726

The company went out of business some time ago, and the building was vacant.
Sounds like an insurance job to me, since there was no electricity to the
building.



"Ronnie Garrison" wrote in message
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I picked up a news article about their plant burning in Henderson, Tenn.
They made soft plastic baits. Anybody know anything about this company?

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:27:54 -0400, Ronnie Garrison
wrote:

I picked up a news article about their plant burning in Henderson, Tenn.
They made soft plastic baits. Anybody know anything about this company?

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

More like "knew"...rather than "know" as my memory isn't quite
what it used to be...especially when it comes to stuff like this. I
do remember Harville was one of the largest manufacturers of plastic
worms back in the 80's and had a ton of lines of plastic worms. They
made every kind of plastic worm/jig that you could think of and had a
lot of stuff that was unique (or at least so I thought). The
president (possibly owner) of the company was Hugh Harville and he had
a huge following down in your area (Tennesse/Alabama/Georgia). It
seems to me that Harville made plastics for other companies and it's
possible that they made plastics for us at one time. I know we dealt
with them and bought a lot of plastics from them...but I can't
remember offhand if they were one of the companies that we had make
plastic worms for us. (when you have manufacturers make plastics for
you...you can get unique colors and sometimes unique designs, etc.).
I do know that they were one of the big boys at the time (almost
everybody got their plastic worms from 1 of 3 big plastic
manufacturers back then). I do know that most of em' have went out of
business and among these businesses there was a lot of buying and
selling going on of company assets...so it got real confusing as to
who was carrying what...when it came to soft plastics. (ie. I can't
remember if it was Hawg Hunter Lures that bought some of their assets
and then sold their stuff to Erie Dearie, it's possible that Luck E
Strike was one of the companies that bought their plastics out
too...bc their product line is very similar to what Harville used to
carry). Regardless, I know Harville has been out of business for
quite a few years (bankrupt, I believe) and we haven't been able to
buy from them and they aren't making soft plastics anymore.

I do remember Harville Lures was pretty innovative when it came
to making lures and was pretty reliable for a long while...which was
one of the reasons we dealt with them. They produced a copycat of the
Gene Larew salt craw...which was real popular back in the 80's and
probably still is in some parts...especially among river rats. They
may have even made the salt craw for Larew...or had a huge hand in the
process...as Harville was making worms for a ton of companies back
then.

The best resources would be Hugh Harville himself...who I know
was alive back in the late 90s...or one of the companies that they
dealt with. Possible one of the trade magazines like The Fishing
Retailer (BASS publication)...might have some information on them too.

Which reminds me...anyone know who the major manufacturers of
plastics worms are nowadays? I don't believe there are many left...

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Ronnie Garrison wrote:
I picked up a news article about their plant burning in Henderson, Tenn.
They made soft plastic baits. Anybody know anything about this company?

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Hugh Harville sold under the names Harville and H&H. Harville was the
primary supplier for Larews plastics, and when Larews switched most of
their line to the high floating stuff a few years ago and changed
suppliers, their business kind of dried up.

Dwayne E. Cooper wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:27:54 -0400, Ronnie Garrison
wrote:


I picked up a news article about their plant burning in Henderson, Tenn.
They made soft plastic baits. Anybody know anything about this company?

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com


More like "knew"...rather than "know" as my memory isn't quite
what it used to be...especially when it comes to stuff like this. I
do remember Harville was one of the largest manufacturers of plastic
worms back in the 80's and had a ton of lines of plastic worms.

Thanks Dwayne - great info.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

RichZ wrote:
Ronnie Garrison wrote:

I picked up a news article about their plant burning in Henderson,
Tenn. They made soft plastic baits. Anybody know anything about this
company?

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com


Hugh Harville sold under the names Harville and H&H. Harville was the
primary supplier for Larews plastics, and when Larews switched most of
their line to the high floating stuff a few years ago and changed
suppliers, their business kind of dried up.
Thanks for the info Rich

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

"RichZ" wrote: "Hugh Harville sold under the names Harville and H&H.
Harville was the primary supplier for Larews plastics, and when Larews
switched most of their line to the high floating stuff a few years ago and
changed suppliers, their business kind of dried up."

I don't know if this H&H lures was one of their trade names. They have an
h&H lure compnay located in Baton Rouge, Louisana.

Here is the information on it.
H&H Lures Co.
Description of Products: Lures, Components, Baits, Scents, Fishing, Outdoor,
Outdoor Accessories,
Company or Dba Name: H&H Lures Co.
Address: 110874 N. Dual Drive
Address: 2NA
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Zip: 70814
Phone: 225-275-1471
Toll Free: NA
Fax: 225-275-9953
Website: NA
Emailmailto:
CEO,Owner,Manager: William Humphreys Sr.
Buyer: William Humphreys Jr.

Sarge

Sarge wrote:
"RichZ" wrote: "Hugh Harville sold under the names Harville and H&H.
Harville was the primary supplier for Larews plastics, and when Larews
switched most of their line to the high floating stuff a few years ago and
changed suppliers, their business kind of dried up."

I don't know if this H&H lures was one of their trade names. They have an
h&H lure compnay located in Baton Rouge, Louisana.

Here is the information on it.
H&H Lures Co.
Description of Products: Lures, Components, Baits, Scents, Fishing, Outdoor,
Outdoor Accessories,
Company or Dba Name: H&H Lures Co.
Address: 110874 N. Dual Drive
Address: 2NA
City: Baton Rouge
State: LA
Zip: 70814
Phone: 225-275-1471
Toll Free: NA
Fax: 225-275-9953
Website: NA
Emailmailto:
CEO,Owner,Manager: William Humphreys Sr.
Buyer: William Humphreys Jr.

Sarge


You're right. It was just HH, which of course stood for Hugh Harville. I
know I've got some grubs around here with the HH logo on the tail.

H&H on the other hand was/is the home of the famous H&H spinner -- a
little single bladed spinnerbait with an asprin style head and a double
hook.