MICHIGAN FISHERWOMAN: THE BILLIE JEAN KING OF BASS-FISHING

MICHIGAN FISHERWOMAN: THE BILLIE JEAN KING OF BASS-FISHING

EDWARDSBURG, Mich. (Wireless Flash) – A woman from Edwardsburg, Michigan, has done for bass fishing what Billie Jean King did for tennis. Renee Flesh, a 38-year-old physical therapist, is the first woman to ever win the National Bass Fishing tournament which she hooked by catching four bass in a two-day contest. Although Flesh admits she can’t cast a rod as far as some guys, she thinks females have a fishing advantage because they have more patience than men. The honor of being the first woman to win a national fishing contest is just sinking in, but she hopes it will convince other ladies not to be intimidated by men because, “...the fish don’t know what sex you are.”

Tue 11-13-01