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Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Hook'Em 79] #13521820 04/17/20 12:27 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx Ken A. OP Groovy
OP Ken A. Groovy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx	Originally Posted by Hook'em79 Awesome story, always been a big fan of his. How did you land that trip? He donated a trip to his place for a fundraiser for the Texas Freshwater Fishery Center and we wound up winning it. It was awesome!

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Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Okie Poke] #13521825 04/17/20 12:29 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx Ken A. OP Groovy
OP Ken A. Groovy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx	Originally Posted by Okie Poke All I want to do is be you for a week....amazing opportunity. Did he wear his big, tall Tennessee cap? Anyone could recognize him with his hat from 20mi away. He is definitely one of the patriarchs of bass fishing. Thanks for sharing....experience of a lifetime for any bassfisherperson. Tom, you are funny! When CoronaGeddon is over I still owe you lunch! Yes he wore his signature U of Tenn cap.

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: TxDanFishMan] #13521841 04/17/20 12:39 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx Ken A. OP Groovy
OP Ken A. Groovy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx	Originally Posted by TxDanFishMan Great story and liked how you were messing with him on the spinning reel and digging in his tackle box. My brother said years ago when he was on his internship he had to extract a hook from him in an emergency room. Said this guy had a big orange T on his hat and he didn't complain one bit. That's really cool!

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521853 04/17/20 12:48 PM
Joined: May 2019 Posts: 3,098 Tx ReelSlow TFF Team Angler
ReelSlow TFF Team Angler Joined: May 2019 Posts: 3,098 Tx	What a great opportunity. thanks for the story. GOD is good!

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521862 04/17/20 12:57 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,210 Austin fivebites TFF Team Angler
fivebites TFF Team Angler Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,210 Austin	Awesome Ken. A day with an icon! 2019 Chevy Tahoe 2018 Basscat Eyra 250 Proxs PB Wife of 32 years! PB Largemouth 9.56 Ray Roberts

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: fivebites] #13521872 04/17/20 01:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,675 Southlake, Texas Happykamper TFF Guru
Happykamper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,675 Southlake, Texas	Hard to not like Bill Dance, he seems to be very genuine, good story Ken.

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521883 04/17/20 01:11 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,011 Frisco, TX C Chris G TFF Team Angler
Chris G TFF Team Angler C Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,011 Frisco, TX	Great story Ken....my only question is what was the look on his face when you first spoke to him and he heard the Korean cowboy come out?!?!?!?!?

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Happykamper] #13521886 04/17/20 01:12 PM
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,139 TX Minner Bucket TFF Celebrity
Minner Bucket TFF Celebrity Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,139 TX	Originally Posted by Happykamper Hard to not like Bill Dance, he seems to be very genuine, good story Ken. +1

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521888 04/17/20 01:12 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 7,120 East Texas J Jeezy TFF Celebrity
Jeezy TFF Celebrity J Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 7,120 East Texas	Great story! Good to read something positive! Needed this! “The more you know about Donald Trump, the less likely you are to vote for him. The more you know about his business enterprises, the less successful he looks. The more you know about his political giving, the less Republican he looks.” - Lindsey Graham, 2016

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521899 04/17/20 01:18 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 52,287 Plano TX T Trickster Super Freak
Trickster Super Freak T Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 52,287 Plano TX

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521906 04/17/20 01:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 20,236 Justin, TX. Donald Harper TFF Guru
Donald Harper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 20,236 Justin, TX.	Mr. Dance will always be #1 in my heart and the knowledge he shared as we grew up only a few miles apart there in West Tenn.. My partner and I had the honor of going to his garage where he an Charles Spence were just getting started with the baits they were building. We came away with 3X more baits than we purchased. I can't say enough about how kind he was, even as a young man just starting a fishing adventure. He learned at a very early age to pull up those chairs and listen closely to your story and this was especially true with the old guys that he hung out with to gain as much knowledge as he could. Each person you work with holds some promise to your future success. Websiite Sponsors: www.eletewater.com - Staying Hydrated www.lakeoviachic.com - Booking Mexico Trips 20 Hot Spot Mapping - GPS Contour Chips - Custom Spinner Baits - Jigs -Spooks Pure Extracts - Minnow-Night Crawler-Crayfish-Craylic

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521908 04/17/20 01:21 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 760 C cali kid Pro Angler
cali kid Pro Angler C Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 760	Great story. I like the part about being great friends with Roland and Jimmy, two of his biggest competitors. Tell me you have some pics from that day!

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Chris G] #13521909 04/17/20 01:21 PM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx Ken A. OP Groovy
OP Ken A. Groovy Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 13,792 Trenton, Tx	Originally Posted by Chris G Great story Ken....my only question is what was the look on his face when you first spoke to him and he heard the Korean cowboy come out?!?!?!?!? He didn't appear to have any surprise when we first met but I am sure he was thinking, "What in Tarnation??"

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521921 04/17/20 01:25 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,778 Tyler,Texas InTheClear Extreme Angler
InTheClear Extreme Angler Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,778 Tyler,Texas

Re: Fishing with Bill Dance [Re: Ken A.] #13521956 04/17/20 01:42 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 5,181 Greenville, TX JacksonBean TFF Celebrity
JacksonBean TFF Celebrity Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 5,181 Greenville, TX	Originally Posted by Ken A. Originally Posted by Hook'em79 Awesome story, always been a big fan of his. How did you land that trip? He donated a trip to his place for a fundraiser for the Texas Freshwater Fishery Center and we wound up winning it. It was awesome! I realized a while back that Addington “winning” a trip somewhere frequently has little do to with luck. That is an AWESOME story and I can’t believe I haven’t heard that one yet. Absolutely hysterical about the spinning rig. I would have like to heard his thoughts when he saw that! I saw a blooper reel of his once that was really funny. Great story Ken.

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