Mepps^® is a French acronym that loosely translates to:  Precision Equipment for Sport Fishing.

When French engineer Andre Meulnart invented the Mepps spinner in 1938, it wasn't long before he realized it was an extremely effective fishing lure.  He didn't realize he had invented a lure that would revolutionize the fishing tackle industry.  Todd Sheldon discovered the Mepps spinner in 1951.  Owner of a successful tackle store in downtown Antigo, Wisconsin, he was having a bad day on Wisconsin's Wolf River.  Determined to try something different, he tied on a small Mepps spinner that had been given to him and within two hours, he had creeled four trout weighing more than twelve pounds total.  Todd Sheldon was hooked and began selling Mepps spinners in America.  Today  Mepps currently manufacturers more than four-thousand different Mepps spinners and spoons.

The classic Mepps spinner is the Mepps Aglia.  Not only is this the original French spinner, it is the original in-line spinner.  The Aglia's "backbone" is its heavy-duty stainless steel shaft.  Attached to this shaft is a concave oval blade, spinner body and a hook.  When drawn through the water, the blade rotates around the shaft creating both flash and vibration.  Either will attract fish, but together they become a deadly combination game fish can't resist.  The Aglia is also flashy, decorated with plastic and/or solid brass beads in a wide variety of bright fish-attracting colors. Even the hooks can be a work of art, dressed with hand-tied squirrel or buck tail in a wide variety of colors.

Mepps bucktails and marabous were voted America’s favorite musky bucktail by the readers of Musky Hunter magazine.