Lead Hill angler pioneered tournament bass fishing | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The article recounts the legacy of Glen Andrews, a pioneer in tournament bass fishing, tying its main theme to the development of early competitive angling. Andrews of Lead Hill died Tuesday at age 96 and was inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame in 2023. In 1962, at 22, he fished his first World Series of Sport Fishing in Oklahoma, a five-day format on different lakes where species such as crappie, bream, walleye, catfish and trout earned points, while bass and trout were weighted highest. Andrews finished second to Virgil Ward and later won the World Series twice, with two additional second-place results. Before the first dedicated bass tournament, Ray Scott tested his concept in 1967 on Beaver Lake, recruiting Andrews to serve as tournament rules chairman and calling anglers to fill a 100-person field. Andrews also developed the “slip-sinker worm,” later known as the Texas Rig, and coached Bill Dance, who finished second to Stan Sloan.