In the early 1990's, Billy Prince contacted the Fred Arbogast company in regards to specially producing a number of wooden Musky Jitterbugs, as well as some 5/8oz. There were between 2 and 4 of each color ordered. I have copies of some of the correspondences between Billy and the company - over the course of a couple of years in the early 1990's. All in all, there were a little over 100 different colors produced. Ron Bennett has the only known (and probably only in existence), full collection known. It is an amazing display. I own about 16 of them which I have found over the years. Sam Van Camp has a fairly large number of them as well. When they come up for sale individualy, they sell for hundreds of dollars a piece. Not bad for Billy's investment of 3 'bugs for $25!

As time permits, I will include a table of the different colors, as well as how many copies were produced. The majority of these 'bugs switch hands through private transactions. A handful have appeared on eBay over the past several years.


Here is a picture of some of the ones that I own: