Mike Estep and the Genesis of the Squarebill Crankbait
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- This is the story about another early squarebill maker, Mike Estep, of Oak Ridge Tennessee. Estep was taught how to make plugs from Fred C. Young, the maker of the Big-O. The Big-O changed the face of crankbaits and the genre of baits would become known as the Squarebill.
Estep took what he learned from Fred Young and built on that design. He created the first wooden crankbait with a rattle, a better weighting system, and paint method. His works were truly game changing.
This is the story of who he was and what he brought to the crankbait industry.
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Thank you for honoring my dad! He was proud of those " Big Es!"
Michelle, Thank you! He made amazing baits!
Thanks for sharing your story with us and educating us on his remarkable baits.. God bless. Late.
Thank you for watching Blake!
I have watched this three times. Excellent.
Thank you Bill!
WOW what a awesome show helluva job Terry
Thank you Darius!
Love the History. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the kind words!
Great video love the history of the art
Thank you Jon!
Awesome video Terry
Thank you Mark!
Great stuff Terry
Thanks man! This was a fun one to do.
What a great show! When I first started I thought I'm not going to finish this it's too long. But once you start you cannot stop that was worth every minute
Thank you Neil! I’m glad you liked it!
I just sold the one Estep bait I had to a collector. Hope it finds a happy home in a display.
Dang, I would have held on to it! Two went up for auction Wednesday night in Pigeon Forge and they sold for $600. I hope you got something good for it.
Pretty great video dad!
Thank you David!!!!!
Thanks for taking time to save this history and sharing it for the world to see! I am lucky enough to have some of Mikes baits passed down from my great grandfather, to my dad, and then me.
Thank you Alex!!!
Awesome! I would have loved to add in! I can confirm the big E still catches big fish.
Hand made Big E will be back back in production before too long.
Turner, an honor! If you have time, come to Pigeon Forge this weekend and see me at the Antique Tackle Show! That is where we are debuting this movie and also showing off a huge collection of Mike's baits. Terry
@@BassFishingArchivesBeen on the coast of NC duck hunting. Would like to make it to one.
I love this Terry, great work! Great stories please keep this up! So much history and knowledge is lost without people like you!
Thank you Kevin!
Love this content buddy! So much history to be told 🖖🎣
Thank you Ted!!! I really appreciate you watching!
Terry...this is the single best show I've ever seen on the life and work of a lure maker/angler/artist. Simply astounding, warm, educational, detailed and humorous. As a novice lure maker myself, I also pulled a lot of practical, how-to stuff from Mike's process, so I'm grateful for that. I loved Joe's story about getting those frog spot lures. And it ended with a great story of Joe and Tommy and their friendship, and having them both there together made it extra special. The ending actually had me ever-so-slightly misty eyed (I think the background music had a hand in that). Man, the editing in this is excellent, and the story told is logical and chronological, and relayed in an engaging manner. You can tell a lot of love went into this. It's just brilliant.
Thank you Stumpjack! This was fun to do!
So many things become lost or forgotten with the passage of time. So thankful to have you and your website to preserve these stories and pages of history. Thank you.
Thank you!
Awesome video! Lucky to have myself a couple of Mr. Estep's baits. RIP 🙏
Thank you RNM!
That was a great documentary thanks I’m thankful for people like him who really contributed to the sport I have come to love ! Bass fishing helped save my life got clean n 2015 an2017 I really fell back in love with bass fishing an I really struggle not to go everyday lol anyway thanks
Thank you!!
Excellent work tying the history and the personalities together. First time watching one of these pieces. It’s a shame I hadn’t found these earlier
Thank you Rich!
Cool video!
Thank you!
Thank you for chronicling this history. It’s very important and I very much appreciate it. Great job.
Thank you STH! Appreciate the support!
Awesome
Thank you RR!
I'm watching and listening to this at my bait bench as I'm cutting up a Rapala Scratter Rap5 for the bill to try and put on another bait. Yeah I'm that type of listener! Thanks for the History lesson Terry! Thanks BassFishingArchives! By the way it's a cheap plastic rat bait without a lip and I'm going to change that. It may be one of a kind but it's mine. Don't know how long it will last or even work but the parts are cheap! lol
Too funny Tom! Be careful and enjoy the show. Thanks!
Yes, like stumpjack said, a very well put together production. Thank you, Terry Battisti, and others.
Thank you Andy! And thanks for letting me know about the typo.
Thanks, BFA for bringing this to us.
Thank you Dave!!
Always teaching me something new❤️
Thank you Erick!
Great video as always an so informative thanks terry
Thank you Dustin!
15 for a crankbait was worth it back then!!!
LOL. That's equivalent to $112 in today's money!!!! Thanks for watching! Terry
@@BassFishingArchives makes sense why glide baits are 125 starting😂😂
i will buy every Big E for full retail price of $5.50 i can find.. just saying LOL
You and everyone else Mike!! Thanks for watching!