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Team Member Overview : Ray Scully |
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OVERVIEW
Ray Scully is a member of the Bassin’ USA “Young
men over 50 club”. He is married with three children
and is a grandfather. He has been fishing for over 48
years, both fresh and salt water.
He is the owner of a delivery business, “Paramount
Delivery Service”, and a small lure Manufacturing
Co., “Performance Products” maker of the "Three
Bladed" spinnerbait and "The Viper".
From 1967-69 Ray served our country in Viet Nam with the
101st Airborne. He was a smallmouth, largemouth and pike
guide 1973 thru 1976 on the St Lawrence River out of the
Clayton, Cape Vincent and Alexandria Bay area with one
of his best friends Rodney “Little Jaw” Phillips.
Ray was the New York State president of "Smallmouth
Inc." 1987-89 and then became North East Regional
Director. He was past president of the New York Smallmouth
Alliance from 1992-95, and is currently the president
of Atlantic Bassmasters as well as the president of the
Long Island Alliance of BASS clubs.
Life long friends include Nolan “Red Eye”
Edwards, a knowledgeable smallmouth fisherman and Lee
Roy Bailey Jr, Top 150 BASS Angler, Connecticut River
Guide, author of "See You On The River and his new
book "Current Tactics". Both of which are must
read books for river fishing in general, according to
Ray. Through his association with Smallmouth Inc., he
was fortunate enough to strike up acquaintances with bass
fishing legends like Billy Westmoreland, Bill Dance, Dick
“Mr.Jig” Bengraff, Chuck “Capt. Chuck”
Duggans and Lawrence Cody a smallmouth top honcho from
Nova Scotia.
Ray has had articles featured in Smallmouth Magazine,
New England Outdoors, New England Woods & Water, The
Limit, Bass Fever Magazine, and Foxwoods Outdoors.
He is currently working on a book "New York's Top
Ten Smallmouth Streams".
Ray fishes about 120 days a year, and competes in approximately
15 tournaments per season. |
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| Winner of over 75
Club and Open Tournaments since 1986 and qualified for
the Foxwoods Classic in '97 and '98 with best finish
of 11th on Winnipesaukee in 1997
- President
of the "Alliance of Bass Clubs" 1999 through
present.
- Senior
Staff Writer for Foxwoods in 97 and 98
- President
of the New York State Smallmouth Alliance 1992-1994
- North
East Regional Director for Smallmouth Magazine 1990-1992
- New
York State President of Smallmouth Inc. 1989-1992
- Member
of Atlantic Bassmasters President for 9 out of the
past 11 years
- Club Angler Of The
Year 9 times
Articles have appeared in:
- Northeast
Woods and Water
- The
Limit
- Bassin
Fever Magazine
- Smallmouth
Magazine
- Long
Island Outdoors
- New
York State Fur, Fish and Game
- Yamamoto
Inside Lines
- Foxwoods
Bass Challenge
Magazine
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