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The Hartley Files

By Sam Eifling
ESPNOutdoors.com

Saturday, February 23, 2008

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Friday night, after Charlie Hartley weighed in more than 21 pounds of bass to take the Day One lead in the Bassmaster Classic, he sat with his friend, fellow pro angler Byron Velvick. "He was hugging on me, telling me that he was going to wake up and it was going to be over," Velvick said at the Lake Hartwell dock where the 50 Classic contenders had just blasted off for Day Two. At one point, he recalled, Hartley stood up and blurted to Velvick: "I'm leading the Classi ...

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