First, the bad news… At least for the present, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield, MO has no interest in passing an induction for Glen. According to their guidelines, Glen has all the qualifications for induction but the list of potential inductees must be long and distinguished, for he was overlooked this year. Not a major problem because Dad has already been inducted into the Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame in Springville, TN in August of 2010.

We want to thank Don Berry of Jock Radio’s, Don Berry’s Fish and Radio Show for his efforts in nominating Glen. Don’s show is stationed out of Springfield, MO and he has had Dad and I on it a couple of times.

Now, the big news: We’ve found it odd that our greatest advocates are not necessarily on a local level. While our home town of Lead Hill, AR, a town of only 250 people, hailed Glen as a local hero at our 2009 Arvest Bank book signing with a banner turnout, other local or statewide newspapers and publications have paled in their interests in our story.

But we can’t complain because on shelves now, in the current issue of In-Fisherman magazine (March/April) on page 16 is a very generous review of our book, An Impossible Cast. In-Fisherman is one of the most revered monthly fishing publications in this country, printing millions of copies a year. Now that’s a big deal. Thank you Steve Quinn and Ned Kehde for the help, it is most appreciated.

That’s not all; John Neporadney, a senior writer for B.A.S.S Times magazine, has written and published an incredible interview article in their current issue (March) on page 18. John not only interviewed Dad and me, but he also interviewed Bill Dance of TV fame and Jerry McKinnis, co-owner of B.A.S.S. (Bass Anglers Sportsman Society) both of whom were mentored by Glen in the early years.

Jerry McKinnis, again, cited Glen Andrews as “…the best bass fisherman there ever was.” Jerry knows this because he has fished with all the great bass fisherman, including former 4-time world champ, Rick Clunn and current 4-time world champ, Kevin VanDam.

See if you can find copies of these magazines for two exceptional reads and don’t forget: copies of An Impossible Cast, The Glen Andrews story and the Birth of Professional Fishing are available on line at www.whitefishpress.com, www.amazon.com or by calling 479-239-4568.

There was a quaint and smiling gentleman sitting at a coffee table strewn with cups and papers. Observing my confusion, he politely asked me how I was doing and if he could of help.

I asked, “What is this place?” just before I saw the banner on the wall that read “Central Pro-Am Tournaments.” After he recited the name for me, I asked who was in charge, and he replied, “Jim Thompson,” and pointed to an open door on his left. A friendly voice came from the doorway that proclaimed, “Come on in!” just like he was expecting me.

I slowly strolled through the door and into a small office to find a smiling, tanned and slim gentleman, just slightly older than myself coming out of his chair to shake my hand.

“Jim Thompson, how ya doin’?”

“Fine, thanks. Shane Andrews. What, again, exactly is this place?”

“We’re the headquarters for Central Pro-Am Bass Tournaments and I’m the president.”

To which I replied, “Reeeaaaally.”

(Enter Soapbox Shane)

Having put bodily functions on hold, I began my spiel.

Jim listened intently for at least twenty minutes, and was fascinated how he had never heard of my dad, the first two-time world champ basser. He was uncertain of my story, as anyone should be, since the book hadn’t been published yet. He politely asked if I would be interested in doing some different types of promoting together and of course I was interested.

Time passed. After we got published, I sent Jim a book, and he loved it. We stayed in touch, and he asked me if I would bring dad to one of his tournaments to meet him and maybe speak. We came to the weigh-in at a tournament on Table Rock Lake in Kimberling City out back of Ahoy’s Restaurant where we spoke to a small crowd on August 22nd, 2010, and sold a few books. We had a really good time and met some really nice anglers and others within Jim’s fine organization.

Jim later asked if we would be interested in speaking at the Midwest Outdoors Expo at the Hilton Convention Center in Branson. What a vote of confidence he had for us. We were honored.

We did go to the event on October 9th and had a great time. More importantly, Jim introduced me to a couple of VIP’s he had as guest speakers and visitors to the Expo.

One was Jerry Martin of Bass Pro Shop’s Redhead Pro Hunting Team. He is famous as an outdoor hunting guru and is Co-host of Bass Pro Shop’s 100% Real Hunting show on the Versus Network and Co-host of Bass Pro Shop’s King of Bucks on the Outdoor Channel. He is also an Outdoor Hall of Fame Inductee like dad.

He gave us a good chunk of his time and, like Jim, couldn’t believe he had never heard of dad. I believe he was very impressed with our work, and he bought a book. He told me that he and Johnny Morris, owner of Bass Pro Shops, were quite tight and offered to give Johnny a copy of AIC.

Now that’s a big deal…

We also met and charmed John Neporadny, a senior writer for Bassmaster and Bass Times Magazines. He took a book home with him citing he would put the one down he’d been working on and read ours. We hope to have an article about us in one of those two periodicals. Let’s keep praying that “Everything Happens for a Reason” (reference December 3rd, 2009 blog entry).

Dad and I want to thank Jim, Mike West, Kris and Ryan for a great time and opportunity on Saturday at the Expo. We were moved at their helpfulness and courtesy.

Oh, and by the way, Jim, where the heck is that restroom anyway!

Just an update. The name Glen Andrews will now and forever be enshrined in the Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame in Springville, TN. The ceremony took place on August the 14th in Nashville at the Renaissance Hotel under the direction of Garry Mason the Hall founder and director.

Hall of Fame Inductees: Glen is second from the left about Garry Mason. Judy Wong is in the gold.

It was an eventful day filled with lots of music, speeches and good food. Many famous personalities were inducted and introducing inductees. Some of the fishing legends included Hank Parker (two-time bassmaster champion), Judy Wong (one of two other anglers who has successful defended her title the following year), Gary Yamamoto (a famous lure manufacturer) and Ray Scott, who flew in just to introduce Dad.

I was surprised and honored to be presented with the annual “Legacy Award” for my efforts to keep Dad’s legacy alive through our book An Impossible Cast. The award is bestowed to only one person a year and is a great national honor. It is official, I am now an Award-Winning Author.

Dad has also been included in The Arkansas Encyclopedia of Culture and History organized by the Central Arkansas Library system.  We wrote the article, so check out the link above if you have a minute.

Ray Scott introducing Glen

Our next targets are the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, Pro-Fishing Hall of Fame, IGFA Hall of Fame and Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame.

We also have interest from another national magazine and a TV show on RFD TV.

Stay Tuned for more about this amazing ride to the NY Times best seller list! LOL

www.animpossiblecast.com

www.whitefishpress.com

www.legendsoftheoutdoors.com — This is Dad’s HoF write up.

The authors, Jeremy Miller and D. Shane Andrews

Call anytime for autographed copies and don’t forget, EVERYONE has a friend who has a birthday, or in need of a present.

Shane
479-239-4568

Some time ago, Glen, Shane, and I put the boat in down at Tucker Hollow on Bull Shoals.  Around 7:30 that morning, Glen came knocking with coffee, chattering excitedly about the day.  Rain had bloated the lake and muddied the water—good conditions for catching bass he said.  Our destination was Bear Creek near Glen’s parents’ old farm.  He’d fished it constantly growing up before it was inundated, but he hadn’t returned in years.  His only concern was the forecasted 5 to 17 mile-per-hour north wind, which he was certain would kill our chances because he’d rarely caught bass with a north wind.

That morning’s trip was sparked by one week earlier when Wayne, an old friend from Rogers, Arkansas, drove across the state with a nice boat and bassin’ fever.  The day he arrived Glen and Shane took him out on the lake.  Shane caught his largest bass ever, a 5.5 pound Largemouth, and Glen wasn’t too embarrassed with a 4 pounder.  They were both embarrassed though that Wayne got skunked.  The next day, Wayne joined the fun as they found a hungry school of Kentuckies near the West Sugarloaf Creek Bridge.  When they called me to come down, Glen had promised that the Kentuckies would still be schoolin’.  His mission was to put me into a mess of them and watch them tear my snuff-box reel to shreds.

Once on the lake, Glen thought we could find lunkers bunched up around the old, submerged Lowry Bridge.  He was confident he could locate the bridge despite our lack of electronics because as a child he’d spent summer Sundays just up the creek near the Lowry grist mill and mill pond.  After church, families would walk down the hill and picnic at the pond.  Children pruned their skin soaking in the water and diving from boulders.  Glen’s memory was accurate.  We found the bridge and Shane caught a 3 pound Largemouth on a crank bait.  Apparently, though, that fish was a loner because we spent most of our time clearing lake trash from the bottom with our spoons.

We weren’t in a hurry though, so the boat drifted with the north wind along a wooded bluff that extended 50 feet into the water from the shore.  Glen decided that he would try for some white bass using one of his homemade spinner baits, which he put on his spinning reel with 6 pound test line.  After fumbling with them for five minutes, he threw them to the bottom of the boat in disgust.  The wind was making his eyes water so that he couldn’t see the line.  Shane put on his glasses and eventually tied the lure on.

“Alright, Jeremy.  You ready to see a big bass.  My squirrel-hair spinner’s gonna tear ‘em up!  Bass love squirrel!”  Glen started to cast and retrieve the homemade lure modeled after Dave Hawk’s Gold Bug.  “Hey Jeremy, did I ever tell you about that time Glen Cossey and I were fishin’ on Greers Ferry Lake back when it was almost new?  Well, we were fishin’ near the bank when we saw a squirrel goin’ after a walnut in a crook on a low hanging branch.  Just as the squirrel reached the walnut, a giant black bass shot out of the water and swallowed that squirrel.  While we were still settin’ there with our jaws between our legs lookin’ at each other, we turned back to the branch, and you know what we saw?  We saw that black bass put the walnut back up in the crook of that branch!”

Throughout Glen’s story, his lure was proving him a liar until the north wind pushed us to the mouth of a creek clogged with washed out branches and trees.  “Uh, oh!” Glen warned.  “I got one.  Aww, but he’s just small one.  Ohhh . . . wait a minute!  Wait a minute, he’s growing!  He’s grown up!  Oh my gosh, it’s big ‘un!  Boy he’s really fightin’ now.  How am I gonna get him in the boat with this little 6 pound line?”  Glen guided the Largemouth to the front of the boat.  He reached down trying to manage both the rod and the bass, “Oh my gosh, I’ve got him!  He’s nearly 5 pounds!”  He threw the monster in bottom of the boat.  “Ha!  My squirrel-hair worked!”  He looked at his contraption proudly.  But that would be the last of the squirrel hair.  As we headed back down the creek, he’d caught some trash on his spinner bait, jerked the rod to remove the trash, and watched as the squirrel-hair arm of the lure broke off and disappeared into the murky water!  Glen blamed the north wind.

Glen's Goldbug sans squirrel hair

March 13, 2010

A lot has happened since the last two blog entries. We had a great book signing at Shiloh Museum in Springdale, Arkansas and, if you’ve been keeping up then you know, in addition to bassfan.com,Tulsa World and ESPN Outdoors, that Bassmaster.com did a fantastic piece on Dad and our book, An Impossible Cast (links to these four are all in this blog). Some things you might not know is that Flip Putthoff of the Northwest Arkansas Morning News put together an amazing two-page article complete with pictures of the Rogers book signing at the Rogers Historical Museum where Dad’s ’65 world championship trophy has resided for the last twenty years. Also, Linda Burlingham of the Shepherd of the Hills Gazette out of Branson, Missouri did another fantastic article on us as well. This publication is really great because they only print it every two months, giving us much more exposure time. If you live in the Branson area, you can pick up a copy at the IMAX theatre, Golden Corral or somewhere in the Grand Country complex. But, in May, something really big is going to happen.

According to Sean Ostruszka, Associate Editor for FLW Outdoors Magazine, our book will be highlighted in the May issue. I think you can still get the magazine at Wal-Mart. This is obviously very exciting for us and we don’t see an end in sight yet. So, keep those cards and emails coming and continue to enjoy the ride with us. As mentioned in the February 18th blog entry, I would like to do a short piece on a very tall personality in today’s freshwater fishing world – Jerry McKinnis.

Dad first met Jerry at the ’63 World Series on Bulls Shoals Lake at Bull Shoals, Arkansas. He was the dock manager there and was also on the governing committee for the World Series led by tournament organizer, Hy Peskin. Jerry was witness to some pretty unsavory acts towards Dad that were designed to prevent him from winning. Hy couldn’t stand handing the top-tier trophy over to a hillbilly from Arkansas for winning his precious and still fledgling World Series. In a recent conversation with Jerry he quoted, “Every move Hy Peskin played was directly to keep Glen Andrews from taking that tournament.” Jerry was pretty disgusted with Hy, his committee, and tournament after that. You’ll just have to read the book to see how that all turned out.

Jerry went on to run a dock in central Arkansas, and then to give five minute fishing reports on a local station that quickly germinated into a show of his own. Dad really got to know and respect Jerry around 1965 when he accepted a jested challenge from the then Arkansas state champion, Bill Rose, to come and “fish against a real champion.” After that, Dad became pretty regular on Jerry’s show and their friendship firmed. The Fishin’ Hole eventually found itself on the newly formed ESPN by 1980 and only recently (2007) was cancelled, 44 years after its inception. After Dad left the fishing industry Jerry and Dad only spoke occasionally, citing the great fishing trips and times they’d had together.
Jerry is probably the busiest guy I know. I asked him a few years ago why he was giving up the show and he simply said that, “it was about number 8 on my list of priorities.” Last count I’ve heard was that Jerry’s production company, JM Associates, produces 9 shows on ESPN.

It was this same busy Jerry that was good enough to write the ESPN Outdoors article about Dad entitled, Greatest Bass Fisherman Ever. Before that, he took the time on April 18th, 2008 to sit down in front of the keyboard and strike out this letter to me:

Shane,

Because of my business you can imagine how many times someone asks, “Who’s the best bass fisherman you ever knew?” My answer is always, “You’re not going to know this man, but it’s a guy by the name of Glen Andrews.”

Glen was the best. If he had the luxury of today’s boats and equipment, he would have changed bass fishing even more than he did without it.

I had a wonderful career and I owe a lot of it to Glen Andrews. A bass angler who had talents that can’t be taught – You’re born with it.

Jerry McKinnis

Remember, if you haven’t purchased a copy of “An Impossible Cast” yet, do so at www.whitefishpress.com.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/news/story?page=bassography_Andrews

I’ll do one more blog entry before the big book signing at the Shiloh Museum at 118 West Johnson in Springdale, Arkansas. Don’t forget it’s this Saturday, the 20th of February at 10 am till 1pm, beginning with a short presentation then the signing. If you can, tune into Kuaf 91.3 Fayetteville, Arkansas or kuaf.org live feed at 6 pm, Friday the 19th for an interview with me (Shane).

No one needs to buy a book at the signing, just come and show your support. We should have some media coverage and it would be nice to show a crowd.

Now to fulfil our promise of telling you about some more greats that Dad mentored.

Bill Dance was just one of many well known modern-day bass fishing legends that were influenced by Glen Andrews. As mentioned in the January 24th blog, I’ll now talk about a couple of other angling icons none as the Murray Twins.

Glen dropped out of the professional fishing world in 1968 to pursue other careers that actually paid money. Glen’s accomplishments occurred at a time of fishing history disarray. Nothing was left of his mark except microfilm and memories. As far as my research could tell – with the exception of Earl Goldings’ Texas State championship – no one kept logs, records or memoirs of early tournament play until Ray Scott’s first tournament in 1967 called the “All-American Invitational”. That being said, it is quite excusable to not have heard of Glen Andrews. However, for any bass enthusiast it is a little more indefensible to not know who the Murray twins are.

Bobby and Billy Murray were already expert bassers when they met Glen at an unsanctioned ’68 team tournament on Greers Ferry Lake in central Arkansas. While actually organized for fun, the joust brought some of the top names in the early business: Dance, McKinnis, Cossey and the Murrays to name a few. Dad and his team members had presented the other participants with a conundrum by pouring on the dock a head-scratching herd of bass on a cold winter tournament day. How could these four guys catch their limits from this frigid water when hardly anyone else caught anything? The twins made it a point to learn the “deep and slow” method from Glen after he moved his family to Hot Springs, Arkansas for work in about ’69.

Bobby worked at Albert Pike Supply when Dad got to know him and his brother. Dad was always generous with his bassin’ knowledge and since the twins did not get to spend as much time with Glen as often as Bill Dance did, they listened intently. Glen’s know-how was helpful enough to assist the Murrays to new levels. Billy went on to have an incredible career in the fishing business, including a 20 year stint as a camera grip for ESPN’s Jerry McKinnis, and Bobby became twice Bassmaster Classic champion – a feat accomplished by only 3 other men since 1971. In my opinion, that’s the difference between a champion and a legend – the ability to pull the feat off more than once. As Bobby told me, he was already a pretty good fisherman having been mentored by his good friend Pee Wee Wadsworth but, “…it was Glen that actually put the polish on me.”

It was intriguing to me that these superstars of the bass business held my Dad’s knowledge in such regard.

Bobby actually said it best when he wrote of Dad in his letter of nomination for induction to the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame in 2008:

Just before the modern era of tournament bass fishing, one angler dominated the bass fishing scene in the bass belt located in Missouri and Arkansas. In 1962, 1963, and 1965, Glen Andrews won the Missouri State Bass Championship. He also won the Arkansas State Bass Championship in 1965. Before the creation of B.A.S.S., and the BassMasters Classic, the World Series of Sport Fishing Championship was THE fishing tournament which was recognized as the test of the best anglers in the country.
Glen was runner-up in the World Series of Sport Fishing Championship tournament in 1962 and 1963, and was the only two-time winner in 1965 and 1966. He was the founder and owner of Andrews Lure Company, and author of a syndicated fishing column called “Anglers World”.
Glen is probably the greatest angler that no one has ever heard of. However, his influence on modern bass fishing is unparalleled by any other angler. Glen mentored fishing greats such a Bill Dance, Jerry McKinnis, Bobby and Billy Murray, Don Butler, Ray Scott, and a host of others who were an integral part of professional bass fishing history. Glen helped Ray Scott organize the very first bass tournament, the All-American on Beaver Lake, Arkansas in 1967. Soon after, Glen disappeared obscurely due to financial constraints and went on to pursue other careers. .. only to become a faint memory in fishing legend history.
Glen may not be the best angler I have ever known, but he is certainly in the top two. And I would venture to say that if you asked Bill Dance, Jerry McKinnis, Billy Murray, or Ray Scott about Glen, they would hold him in the same esteem as I do. It would be a shame if the Hall of Fame membership did not recognize a person that mentored so many anglers that have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Glen was the first true, professional bass angler. His insights into seasonal fish migration, structure fishing, lure development and lure presentation helped forge the basis of many of the country’s leading bass fishing authorities of today. Glen Andrews is the subject of a book that is scheduled to be published in 2009. Glen Andrews is truly a worthy candidate for nomination into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame. Glen now resides in Lead Hill, Arkansas on Bull Shoals Lake.
Sincerely,
Bobby L Murray
2001 Inductee Bass Fishing Hall of Fame
The next blog will feature the inexhaustible, Jerry McKinnis – Google that name if you want a head start.

Angie Ioannides
Just wanted to leave a little review on what I thought about the book. I am anti-outdoors, but have known Shane Andrew for years and since I had heard so much about the book, decided to purchase it and give it a read. For someone who is not the interested in fishing, I will have to say that the book grabbed my attention and I spent around two hours reading it front to back. I was amazed at the depth of this book. Not only is it a very well researched history of a sport that continues to grow at leap and bounds, but there is a history of a personal triumph and struggle artfully weaved between the facts. In a society that has lost most of it’s grip on morals and good choices, here is a story of someone who did the right thing. Glen walked away from a sport in its birth, when he could have pursued it and become a founding father so to speak. His son, Shane, did a very respectful gesture by honoring his father, in this way. Not many people get the chance to do that. The book may not get the correct reviews that it deserves, some may write it off a fishing history book. Jerry McKinnis got the heart of the book as well and my only hope is that others will read the book and gain respect for Glen Andrews. I am not a fishing fan,but will forever be a Glen Andrews fan.

http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/fishing/columns/story?columnist=mckinnis_jerry&id=4897292

Tulsa World Review

Also this month, this article (below) appeared in Midwest Outdoors, written by our good friend and famous lure collector, Dan Basore.

FISHING HISTORY

By Dan Basore

THE BEST BASS FISHERMAN

Do you want to start a debate? Just ask any group of bass chasers, Whose the best? And fur will fly. But some of the greatest names in bassin’ have no doubt it’s Glen Andrews.

Before there was BASS and Bassmaster tournaments the “World Series of Sport Fishing”  tournaments were conducted for ten years. It’s champions include well known fishermen who hosted television shows including Harold Ensley “The Sportsman’s Friend” that ran for 48 years, Virgil Ward of “Championship Fishing”, Joe Krieger, “The Joe Krieger Sportsman Show” and Jimmy Houston host of ESPN’s “Jimmy Houston Outdoors”.

But only one man won the title of “World Champion” more than once, Glen Andrews, and he did it for two years in a row. For the early years as I fished national bass tournaments, and made friends with the nations top bass fishermen, the name Glen Andrews was mentioned by so many as I asked, “Who was the best bass fisherman you ever knew?”

Bill Dance, (23 National wins, three time BASS Angler of the Year), couldn’t say enough about how Glen had taught him so much. In a letter to Shane Andrews, Glen’s son, Dance wrote, “It’s amazing to me how you can meet someone and it can change your whole direction in life. There can be absolutely no doubt that I wouldn’t be doing what I am today had our lines not crossed back then”.

First and a two time winner of the Bassmaster Classic and student of Glen, Bobby Murray wrote, “Glen is probably the greatest angler that no one has ever heard of. However his influence on modern bass fishing is unparalleled by any other angler”.

As we filmed a segment of the long running ESPN “The Fishin’ Hole”, Jerry McKinnis not only extolled the expertise of Glen but even pulled out one of his Twin Spin Lures to save the day with some of our best bass of the show while most other fishermen were skunked that day.

Jerry then introduced me to a friend of his that was moving to my area and Gary Clark became like a brother to me. As we fished locally and in exotic locals in other countries we often talked about Glen Andrews wondering what he was doing and even if he was still alive.

McKinnis wrote recently, “In my business you can imagine how many times someone asks, ‘Who was the best bass fisherman you ever knew?’ Your probably not going to know this man, but Glen Andrews is my reply. I had a wonderful career and I owe a lot of it to Glen”.

Ray Scott, the founder of BASS disclosed, “Glen Andrews probably is the best natural-born bass angler that I have ever met. When you’ve got it you’ve got it, and Glen Andrews has got it!”

Glen wrote the book, “Techniques of Bass Fishing” in 1974 and authored the syndicated “Angler’s World” newspaper column. He also held bass fishing classes.

Of interest to fishers, collectors and fishing historians, Glen was the founder of Andrews Lure Company. His friend Dave Hawk is credited with inventing the plastic worm, “Texas Rig”, but the Andrews Bait Company in Rogers, Arkansas, was the first to package, plastic worms, hooks and slip sinkers along with instructions on how to fish them. They also produced several other productive lures.

Some of the ways he worked lures were revolutionary and now mostly forgotten. For example during cold water periods he taught, “Cast my Twin Spin lure to a steep bank or bluff. Let it fall straight down to the bottom about 12 to 18 feet deep. Pull it gently away and allow it to fall on down the bluff continuing till it’s about 25 feet deep. Now pick it up and hold it-don’t crank it-don’t jig it-just hold it and let it swing all the way under your boat.. Most strikes will come about 10 to 15 feet from the bluff, but I have caught lot’s of bass after the Twin Spin stopped swinging and was just hanging. So always leave it there for a few seconds.”

Glen was a very successful guide for twenty years. The pressure to produce multiple limits for two anglers in the morning and many times two more in the afternoon was much more than catching a big limit himself in a tournament. Glen told me that, “Fishing a tournament was like having a day off.”

When it was time to choose between family life and tournament fishing, Andrews decided on his family. We can only guess what he could have achieved fishing bass tournaments.

There’s so much more to tell. This article can only introduce you to a small glimpse of Glen’s history and his perspective on the history of professional bass fishing that are captured in a new book written by his son D. Shane Andrews and Jeremy Miller and published by Dr. Todd Larson’s Whitefish Press. You can order it at http://www.whitefishpress.com.

If you can help with our search for more old lures or other fishing history, pre-level wind reels, casting tournament items, manufacturers catalogs, bamboo and wood rods etc., please write Dan Basore, Historical Fishing Display, 3 S 375 Herrick Rd., Warrenville, IL 60555, or call 630-393-FISH, that’s 630-393-3474 or toll free 1-800-FISH-LAKe, that’s 1-800-347-4525.. You can also e-mail descriptions and jpg pictures to OLLURES@AOL.COM. Thanks for your help and support.