E.H. Peckinpaugh -" Pecks"
Ernest Peckinpaugh started the E.H.Peckinpaugh Company in Chattanooga ,Tennessee around 1920. There has long been a controversy regarding whether Peckinpaugh developed the first floating bass bug as he had claimed.
 Inquiring minds would like to know if
Peck was in fact the creator the first floating bass bug. I fear the
passing of time has blurred the facts and hidden the evidence which may have given
conclusive evidence to the actual party responsible for creating the
first floating bass bug and variations there of. First or not, there is
no question that Peck played a critical part in the promotion,
development and mfg. of such early baits. He held a number of patents
related to fishing flies, at one time employed over 300 people and provided a vast
array of flies to insure fisherman against fishless days.  Click link to see -Pecks photos -Tennessee State library & archive link |
Saturday, January 28, 2012
" Pecks" Good Boys
