Frustrated with the incontinences, durability, and cost of balsawood minnow lures, in 1963 George Perrin Sr. released the Amazing Swimming Minnow, an injection-molded plastic lure under the Rebel Lures name, a division of his Plastics Research and Development Corporation. This lure featuring a durable, consistent design, cross-hatching, and a new vacuum-metalized finish changed the fishing tackle industry overnight and soon became one of the most recognizable lures in the world. Yet more than 60 years later much confusion, if not downright controversy, surrounds the history of Rebel Lures and Plastics Research and Development. For example, how did the Fort Smith, Arkansas, company start? How were iconic lures like the F10 Minnow, the Pop-R, the Wee-R, and the Humpback developed? And who exactly designed all those iconic fishing lures? In this special two-part mini-series of the Retro Bassin' Show dedicated to the Roots of Rebel Lures, we sit down with George "Buddy" Perrin Jr. who recounts his family's fishing tradition, the origins of Rebel Lures, and his late father's obsession with catching more and bigger fish through plastics, research and development. Part 1 will be dedicated to getting to know the man behind the minnow, George Perrin Sr. I'd bet my baitcaster, there is a Rebel Lure lurking somewhere in your tackle box, and now you will know the 60-year-old tradition these iconic bass fishing lures!

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