Carrie J. Frost help?

[Flyman101]

Does anyone have any of her catalogs they could share a few pages. I am in particular looking for any flies cataloged w/barbless hooks as an option. If possible; guessing later catalog(just prior to her selling company to Weber), any flies that may have utilized rubber in/for their body. Thanks for any help.

Chris

[roycestearns]

Carrie Frost's company was named Miss C J Frost around 1896 she shortened it to C J Frost, and in 1906 George W Frost (brother) became involved (so some tackle is marked GW Frost). Carrie sold her company/share and retired in 1919. The new owner, Dan Frost (no relation), renamed the company the Frost Tackle Company; this company was later purchased by the Weber Lifelike Fly Company and continued operations until the 1980s. So quite a variation of "Frost" labeled stuff including "Water Witch" that may or may not have been Carrie's.

By 1912 (based on congressional record) Carrie had 155 fly tyers working in her building in Stevens point.

I have an early Carrie catalog and there are no barbless hooks in it

[NewUtahCaneAngler]

Here are a couple of interesting links which I just ran across. Of course, the facts in these links align with Royce's reply.

https://pbswisconsineducation.org/biogr ... frost.html

https://pbswisconsineducation.org/biogr ... y-book.pdf