ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, January 13, 1997 TAG: 9701140007
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B6 EDITION: METRO
Archer makes his point - three times
Archers call it a Robin Hood.
You shoot one arrow into the bull's eye, then you shoot a second arrow that hits the first arrow squarely, splitting the shaft.
How about a double Robin Hood - first arrow in the bull's eye, second arrow into the first arrow, third arrow into the second arrow?
That's what Rusty Mann, of Yellow Mountain Road in Roanoke County, shot during a recent practice session at the Sherwood Archers indoor range near Hanging Rock.
``That's rare,'' said Clinton Western, a Virginia Bowhunters Association official who lives in Vinton. ``I can remember hearing about a double Robin Hood one other time, but I don't remember when or where.''
Mann and two companions, Kenneth Atkinson and Charlie Davis, were preparing for winter league competition when the feat occurred.
Mann said he heard a noise when he made his shots, but thought it was the second and third arrows glancing off the first. When Atkinson approached the target to check the score, he discovered they weren't glancing shots. ``You've got a double Robin Hood!'' he shouted.
Stripers active in area lakes
The bit of warm weather a week or so ago appeared to put striped bass on the prowl at several Virginia lakes. Or maybe it gave fishermen the kind of fever best soothed by a trip to the water. Either way, striped-bass catches accelerated. Big ones, at that.
At Smith Mountain Lake, several 20- and 30-pound-plus catches were weighed at Camper's Paradise, a marina near Hales Ford Bridge. Also brought to the scales was a 20 1/2-pound muskie landed by Steve Weller.
Two of the stripers were in the 34-pound class. Most of the fish are being hooked on bait, and hot spots have been Stoney Creek and R65, the marina reported.
Trollers have been hooking striped bass at Kerr Lake, where two Colonial Heights anglers caught a dozen in two days. The fish weighed 9 to 15 pounds apiece. Anglers Mike Maranik and Frankie Vaughn said they could spot fish 45 to 60 feet deep on their locator, but couldn't catch them unless the bass moved up to the 25-foot level.
Striped bass also have been rewarding the efforts of anglers at Claytor Lake, but a bigger attraction has been smallmouth bass catches that weigh up to 5 pounds. Several black bass also have been taken at Philpott Lake.
Fishermen on the New River have been hooking and releasing impressive numbers of muskie - some say as many as four per day. The Whitethorn area has been a productive spot.
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