Anyone remember watching The Virgil Ward fishing show!

[junebugmn]

I remember watching him and his son fishing in lake Taneycomo for big rainbow trout and his other show's for bass and other fish1 I also remember the word's to his song From the lake's of northern canada to the gulf of mexico, wherever fish are bitin' that's where we're gonna go, there's a lot of exciting country just waiting to be explored, join us now in the great outdoor's, world of virgil ward 8-) Now does'nt this bring back some memorie's to those who remember his show. junebugman

[Wayne P.]

Yep, sure do, and Gadabout Gaddis (The Flying Fisherman) also.

[ring fry]

Virgil Ward and Harold Ensley were pioneers in outdoor sports television.  Harold Ensley did a quail hunting show on my grandfather's farm with my Dad and Grandfather once.  Took time out to fish the farm pond for a while, too.

[firefightn15]

Chimin' in here.  As a kid I could wait for Virgil Ward to come on, I was suprised to here Gary Klein bring up his name in Glenn's interview.  Every so often there is a thread running on everyone's favorites and I am usually the only one to sing Virgil Ward.

Those were the days  8-)

[Glenn]

No, but I remember watching the Orlando Wilson show.

[Catt]

I watched Virgil Ward when TVs were still in black & white

[fishfordollars]

Yes Catt, and when we didn't have one went to the neighbors house. I bet a few (Lot) never remember not having a tv

[Alumabass]

gone fishin' instead of just a wishin'..................sure do

[firefightn15]

Yes Catt, and when we didn't have one went to the neighbors house. I bet a few (Lot) never remember not having a tv

You guys kill me. ;D  I'm only 43 but in my neck of the woods we were always 10 years or better behind the more developed parts of the country.  It was said that my great-grandmother had the first tv around and was the talk of the terrritory.

[Javelin200]

Yep, sure do, and Gadabout Gaddis (The Flying Fisherman) also.

Me too.....and fishing was so simple back then.

[garland7]

Yep, had 3 channels, all in black and white.

[bear7625]

In northern wisconsin we had 1 channel when we got it to come in. ;D ;D

[Dave P]

Hell yes!!! I remember watching it sitting at the kitchen table with Grandpa...Saturday after the evening news.

[fishfordollars]

Our first tv had one channel and was on the air from 9:00am-8:00pm

[tdc rangemaster]

THis has brought back a flood of happy memories.. the excitement of the rare opportunit of a fishing show to come on..I was on the edge of my seat watching and would break out my rod and clean it up and dream of going fishing.

[Olebiker]

My favorite show was The American Sportsman.  It had people like Grits Gresham and Curt Gowdy along with some celebrity outdoorsmen like Bing Crosby and Phil Harris.