But the tiny sculptures he prizes also look tasty to fish.
Ashe is a fishing lure collector.
In the days before mass production, lures were often carved from wood and hand-painted.
The Louisiana fisherman tells The American Press newspaper that the boxes are even rarer than the old fishing lures.
He says when a angler bought a lure, he just threw the box away.
So, few of those boxes exist today.
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