Lead Hill angler pioneered tournament bass fishing | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

The article centers on how Glen Andrews, a pioneer of tournament bass fishing, helped shape modern competitive angling. Andrews of Lead Hill died Tuesday at age 96 and was inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame in 2023. At 22, he fished his first World Series of Sport Fishing in 1962 in Oklahoma—a five-day event across different lakes where crappie, bream, walleye, catfish and trout counted, but bass and trout were worth the most points. He finished second to Virgil Ward and later won the World Series of Sport Fishing twice, with two runner-up finishes. The first proper bass tournament followed in 1967 on Beaver Lake when Ray Scott tested his idea, with Andrews serving as tournament rules chairman. Andrews also popularized the “slip-sinker worm,” influencing anglers including Dave Hawk, and coached Bill Dance to second place.