Longtime illustrator Chris Armstrong dies
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Matt Vincent
Chris Armstrong, a longtime illustrator for Bassmaster Magazine, died April 24, 2014. His illustrations were known throughout the bass fishing and hunting world.
By Matt Vincent
Chris Armstrong, a longtime illustrator for Bassmaster Magazine, died April 23, 2014, after a lengthy illness. His illustrations were known throughout the bass fishing and hunting world. You can see a selection of his artwork here. The story below, originally called Drawing Bassmaster‘s Playbook, was written in May 2008 by then-editor of B.A.S.S. Times Matt Vincent, who worked with Armstrong and was a close friend of his for decades. Armstrong was 66.