I keep discovering these interesting old threads! (And therefore chipping in years too late
).
Looking at the logo on Mike's carded Spiroflex minnow, I think the 'fish' is only part of it.
If you look more closely, the 'fish' is actually a fish-shaped church weather vane and the structure beneath it is the church spire,
spire being a play on the lure's name
Spiroflex!
It seems very likely that 'Spiroflex' is threfore not just the name of lure, but also that of it's maker.
(Any partial resemblance to the early Farlows 'salmon' logo, later superseded by their 'holdfast' logo, I think is purely coincidental).
I'm pretty sure these lures were indeed distributed to the trade by Allcocks, but possibly other wholesalers too.
Mine is not carded, unfortunately.
NB. Although patented, the 'Spiroflex' is by no means the first lure to feature a spiral wire body. Wm. Bartleet's 'Serpentanic' bait pre-dates it by many decades (1894). This one is among the most prized lures in my collection:
