Beautifully engraved certificate #175 from the XWeber Lifelike Fly Company issued in 1952. This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette of the company's Water Witch Logo. This item has the signatures of the Company's officers and is over 53 years old.
Certificate Vignette Carrie Frost started the local fly-tying industry in 1896. A group of local businessmen bought her out in 1920 and hired Oscar L. Weber to run the business. A year later he founded his own company, later merging with the firm Carrie Frost had established. The Weber Lifelike Fly building was constructed in 1928 and later expanded. The company closed in 1985.