Ernest F. Pfleuger (born in 1844) was a German immigrant who came to America and grew up in Buffalo, New York. In 1868 he settled in Akron where he founded the Enterprise Manufacturing Company on 217 Ash St. He had a son named Ernest A. Pfleuger who at the age of 14 began working in his father’s factory. In 1882, he became secretary and treasurer, becoming the President and Treasurer for several years and then finding the E.A. Pflueger Company. Charles T. Pflueger, who was the younger brother of E.A. Pflueger rose in the company becoming Vice President and Production Manager. E.A. Pflueger went on to marry Julia R. Seiberling, sister to Frank Seiberling and Charles W. Seiberling, who organized Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
 
Enterprise Manufacturing Company is better known by Pflueger today. Pflueger makes fishing equipment ranging from reels to poles. However, the Enterprise Manufacturing Company got its big break with the revolutionary luminous fishing bait. After he read a story about the extinction of phosphorescent fish due to their bright color, E.F. Pflueger came up with an idea to fill a glass minnow with luminous paint. E.F. and E.A. Pflueger along with local artist Tod Bender took a rowboat out into the middle of a nearby spillway where they cast the first glass luminescent bait. The bait did not work right away, rather it was only until the seventh cast that the team lured in a fish and went home. Even though the invention was not a first-time success, the Pflueger company is now one of the most prominent manufacturers in the fishing tackle industry.