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Originally Posted by Swimmer
Ask the members of the MV Surfcasters. They started the tourney as an intra-club contest and it evolved from there. The derby itself was faltering the the early 80's. Many islanders, one such, Cooper Gilkes, participated in a resurection of sorts and it has grown exponentially from then to now. They were down about 600 entrants this year. Price of gas, lack of fish being caught, just a couple of reaosns probably. Anyway the MV Surfcasters will have all that info in thier archives.
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It didn't start within the Surfcasters, rather from the MV Chamber of Commerce and then the MV Rod and Gun Club stepped up when the derby was starting to falter. Luds is right, derby was a common/popular term for fishing tournaments (both fresh and saltwater)