... Classic. McCaghren finished with 42-8 for the BASS tournament Two other Arkansans were behind him in the top 12. Stephen Browning of Hot Springs was fifth and won $14,000. Mike McClelland of Bella Vista was 12th and won $10,500.

... ounces. Arkansas anglers finished second, third and fourth. Clark Reehm of Russellville was second at 76-3. Mike McClelland of Bella Vista was in fourth place behind Short with 71-1.

... morning. We're in the first day of the first half of a six-day combination dove and duck hunt/bass fishing trip, Mike McClelland and I. Mike is snoring on the other bed in our motel room as I scribble these notes into a legal pad; after all ...

... trip to Lake Oahe, way up in South Dakota. That one wasn't so quick to get away, but it got away all the same. Mike McClelland and I were fishing together, after I'd hooked the fish in 25 feet of water and brought it all the way up to the ...

Wednesday, August 6, 1997 BY JOE MOSBY BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Classic Week is another step toward Mike McClelland's dream since teenage years. The Fayetteville fisherman shook some of the dazzle from his eyes Tuesday in the practice ...

... Mike Wurm of Hot Springs, Mark Davis of Mount Ida, Keith Green of Arkadelphia, George Cochran of Hot Springs and Mike McClelland of Springdale. There are more Arkansans in the lineup than any other state's anglers. All the Arkansas names ...

... Cochran were among eight Arkansas fishermen who were in the season-ending field of 43 for the FLW Championship. Mike McClelland of Springdale also made the first cut but couldn't make it to the finals. Hite won the largest cash prize ever ...

... watery-eyed and runny-nosed every time he approached one? There are dozens of other examples to think about: Mike McClelland and Gary Roach on walleyes. Dick Idol on whitetailed deer. Phil Robert-son on ducks. You could keep coming up ...

... Classic contenders Ron Shuffield of Bismarck, Mike Wurm of Hot Springs and Doug Garrett of Cabot plus first-timers Mike McClelland of Springdale and Stephen Browning of Hot Springs. McClelland, just 28, grabbed attention early in the season ...