From Bassmaster by Bryan Brasher: His legal name was Carl Richey Cordell Jr. But to the millions of fishermen who still have his lures in their tackleboxes and scattered on the front decks of their boats, he was known simply as “Cotton.” Cotton Cordell, the legendary lure designer and manufacturer responsible for such classic baits as the Red Fin, the Gay Blade, the Hot Spot and the Big O, died Tuesday in his hometown of Hot Springs, Ark. He was 86.
Jerry McKinnis, one of three B.A.S.S. owners and longtime host of the Fishing Hole, said the fishing world has lost of one its true greats.
“He was possibly one of the biggest lure designers there ever was,” McKinnis said. “He was responsible for so many great lures, and he was just an all-around good guy – so supportive of the sport. I think a lot of us may have taken for granted through the years just how important he’s been to fishing.”
Nicknamed “Cotton” because of his white-blonde hair, Cordell worked as a fishing guide and commercial fisherman in central Arkansas during the late 1940s before entering the lure-making business.
His friends say he shared a boat with some infamous anglers.
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