Reel-to-reel appeal
By David A. Maurer
Albemarle County filmmaker Jamie Howard drew on the crisp storytelling skills he developed while making commercials in his career with a New York ad agency and learning how to make each film moment matter.
With his fields too wet to work, George W. Perry decided to go fishing.
The Georgia farmer headed for nearby Montgomery Lake with his fishing buddy, Jack Page. It was just past noon when “all at once the water splashed everywhere.”
That’s how Perry later described the strike that made history. It was June 2, 1932, and, after a lot more splashing and line tugging, what proved to be the world-record largemouth bass was flopping on the bottom of the homemade boat.
The fishermen took the trophy catch to the general store in Helena, Ga., where the owner, a notary public, weighed and measured it. The fish that had been fooled by a Creek Chub Fintail Shiner lure weighed a staggering 22 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 32½ inches long and 28½-inches in girth.
A store customer told Perry about a bass-fishing contest Field and Stream magazine was running that had a $75 prize, as well as a new rod, reel and shotgun, going to the winner.
Before entering the fish in the contest, the farmer wisely had it weighed and measured again on a certified scale at the nearby post office.
Perry’s world-record lunker is widely credited for launching what has become a multi-billion dollar bass-fishing industry in the United States. Now, thanks to Albemarle County filmmaker Jamie Howard, one of the most sought-after freshwater game fish in the country has made it to the big screen…
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Watched your movie on WFN,great film well done! We have a short season up here in Canada,bass don’t grow quite as big as they do in the California Delta.Guided for a buddy of mine who’s an expert Fly Fisherman this past weekend,brought him to my favorite spot on Georgian Bay.Using his salt water fly called the “Electric Deceiver”with a ten weight rod n’ Islander reel we were able to catch a few 4 to 5 lb small mouth bass and some Northern Pike as well in the 12 to 15 lb range. If you ever get up to Toronto area drop me a line n’ let I will let you in on some great spots to fish…keep well,Woody!
Watched your movie on WFN,great film well done! We have a short season up here in Canada,bass don’t grow quite as big as they do in the California Delta.Guided for a buddy of mine who’s an expert Fly Fisherman this past weekend,brought him to my favorite spot on Georgian Bay.Using his salt water fly called the “Electric Deceiver”with a ten weight rod n’ Islander reel we were able to catch a few 4 to 5 lb small mouth bass and some Northern Pike as well in the 12 to 15 lb range. If you ever get up to Toronto area drop me a line n’ I will let you in on some great spots to fish…keep well,Woody!
Thanks for the note Woody!
I was not even able to see it. Hope you got to see both parts. it previewed on ESPN, but I am psyched it got a full play people got to see.
We worked long and hard on it. The DVD has a 2nd disc that includes a long very candid interview with Bill Dance I
did on a road trip to Memphis. His family could not believe how relaxed and open he was. I think it was a nice info-rich treat….We also have a cool section
of canoe fishing in off the grid / hard to reach waters….. Hope we can get up to your neck of the woods one day!
Thanks for watching!
Hope you get to see part 2