60-year tradition continues in tourney

Over 700 contestants registered for this year’s 34th Annual Trout Tournament in Helen over the weekend. Above, the younger generation observes the old on the banks of the Chattahoochee River. (Photo/Jessica Wood)
Over 700 contestants registered for this year’s 34th Annual Trout Tournament in Helen over the weekend. Above, the younger generation observes the old on the banks of the Chattahoochee River. (Photo/Jessica Wood)

by Jessica Wood

White County News

 

Long before Helen’s annual Trout Tournament came to fruition, a man named A.W. (Arnold Woodrow) Locklear started a tradition for three families that would span ov…