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Bill Dance is a fisherman
Angling

Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" .The hook is usually attached by a fishing line to a fishing rod. A Float such as a Float is sometimes used....
 and host of Bill Dance Outdoors
Bill Dance Outdoors

Bill Dance Outdoors is a fishing television series hosted by retired professional tournament angling Bill Dance. Each episode focuses on various aspects of recreational fishing techniques, usually targeting black bass species such as Largemouth bass and Smallmouth bass, though does occasionally focus on other species such as Channel catfi...
, a fishing television series
Fishing television series

The fishing television series genre is rather self-explanatory; they are television programs revolving around recreational and sport fishing. The genre has enough of a following to justify its own digital television station WFN, the World Fishing Network....
 on the Versus
Versus (TV channel)

Versus is a cable television sports channel owned by Comcast and shown in the United States. It was previously known as OLN until a name change on September 25, 2006....
 channel.

ed in Lynchburg, Tennessee
Lynchburg, Tennessee

Lynchburg is a city in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is governed by a consolidated city-county government unit whose boundaries coincide with those of Moore County, Tennessee....
, Dance planned to become a doctor, like his father and grandfather before him, but changed his mind after happening upon a grisly motorcycle accident in the early 1960s. He then turned his focus to competing in bass
Black bass

Micropterus , is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. The type species is M. dolomieu, the smallmouth bass....
 tournaments. A fishing lure
Fishing lure

In terms of recreational fishing, a lure is an object attached to the end of the fishing line and designed to resemble and move like an item of fish prey....
 manufacturer that sponsored him suggested he should start a TV show to promote the product.






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Bill Dance is a fisherman
Angling

Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" .The hook is usually attached by a fishing line to a fishing rod. A Float such as a Float is sometimes used....
 and host of Bill Dance Outdoors
Bill Dance Outdoors

Bill Dance Outdoors is a fishing television series hosted by retired professional tournament angling Bill Dance. Each episode focuses on various aspects of recreational fishing techniques, usually targeting black bass species such as Largemouth bass and Smallmouth bass, though does occasionally focus on other species such as Channel catfi...
, a fishing television series
Fishing television series

The fishing television series genre is rather self-explanatory; they are television programs revolving around recreational and sport fishing. The genre has enough of a following to justify its own digital television station WFN, the World Fishing Network....
 on the Versus
Versus (TV channel)

Versus is a cable television sports channel owned by Comcast and shown in the United States. It was previously known as OLN until a name change on September 25, 2006....
 channel.

Biography

Raised in Lynchburg, Tennessee
Lynchburg, Tennessee

Lynchburg is a city in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is governed by a consolidated city-county government unit whose boundaries coincide with those of Moore County, Tennessee....
, Dance planned to become a doctor, like his father and grandfather before him, but changed his mind after happening upon a grisly motorcycle accident in the early 1960s. He then turned his focus to competing in bass
Black bass

Micropterus , is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. The type species is M. dolomieu, the smallmouth bass....
 tournaments. A fishing lure
Fishing lure

In terms of recreational fishing, a lure is an object attached to the end of the fishing line and designed to resemble and move like an item of fish prey....
 manufacturer that sponsored him suggested he should start a TV show to promote the product. The program originally began on an ABC affiliate in Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
, in 1968.

Dance's signature look includes sunglasses and a Tennessee Volunteers
Tennessee Volunteers

The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association teams at University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee....
 baseball cap. He received his first cap from their coach, Doug Dickey
Doug Dickey

Doug Dickey was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Dickey is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame for his coaching at Tennessee Volunteers football and University of Florida....
, in the late 1960s. He lives in Eads, Tennessee
Eads, Tennessee

Eads is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. Some of Eads have been annexed by the city of Memphis, Tennessee....
, with his wife, Dianne.

Achievements

  • Member, International Game Fish Association
    International Game Fish Association

    The International Game Fish Association is the leading authority on angling pursuits and the keeper of the most current World Record fishing catches by fish categories....
    's Hall of Fame
  • 1969,1974, 1977: B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year
  • 1978: Congressional National Water Safety Award
  • 1986: National Freshwater Hall of Fame