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Thrift Leads FLW Tour Event On Fort Loudoun & Tellico Lakes

Category: press release

 Apr 22nd, 2010 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Apr 22nd, 2010 at 12:00 AM

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (April 22, 2010) – Bryan Thrift of Shelby, N.C., caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 15 ounces Thursday to capture the lead on day two of the FLW Tour event presented by Folgers on Fort Loudoun/Tellico lakes. His two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 36 pounds, 2 ounces gives him a 2-pound, 3-ounce lead in the tournament featuring the top pros and co-anglers from across the United States.

“I knew today was going to be a lot tougher day for me,” said Thrift, who won the March FLW Tour event at Lake Norman. “In practice I’d only found six keepers and I caught all of those the first day of the tournament.”

Thrift said on Thursday he revisited the bank he caught his fish on Wednesday and more fish had moved up on it and he managed to catch five keepers off of it. Thrift said he foul hooked another bass that would have given him another pound, but he had to release it. According to rules, all fish caught outside of the mouth while sight fishing must be immediately released.

“Hopefully we can go back out there tomorrow and it’ll bite again,” Thrift said. “I found one more today I didn’t catch that I think is a keeper, so we’re going to go try to catch him.”

Thrift said he caught the majority of his fish on a Damiki Hydra and a “crawfish” bait. A forecast of rain moving into the area Friday and Saturday had most anglers wondering how it would affect their strategies.

“I’ll probably have to abandon the smallmouth,” Thrift said. “If it’s rainy and cloudy I’ll probably throw a swimbait and topwater all day and try to see if we can catch some keeper largemouth.”

Glenn Browne of Ocala, Fla., is in the No. 2 spot with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 33-15.

“I started out fairly close running to a couple of places where I’d caught some yesterday and I ended up catching one,” said Browne, who has won more than $511,000 in FLW Outdoors events. “I pulled into my primary area and I’m flipping laydowns and wood and stuff like that. It took me an hour or an hour-and-a-half to catch my limit once I got there.

“I caught a lot of fish today, Browne added. “I probably caught three limits of fish today. I went through a lot of fish to catch what I caught. It seems like they’re moving in. They’re real white and look like lake fish coming in there. I’m hoping there’s more to come. I hurt them pretty bad, or caught a lot today, out of such a small area.”

Rounding out the top-10 pros after day two on Fort Loudoun/Tellico lakes are:

 

            3rd:     Goodwill pro Chad Grigsby, Maple Grove, Minn., 10 bass, 33-1

            4th:     Edwin Evers, Talala, Okla., 10 bass, 29-5

            5th:     J.T. Kenney, Palm Bay, Fla., nine bass, 29-4

            6th:     Brandon Coulter, Knoxville, Tenn., 10 bass, 28-8

            7th:     James Watson, Waynesville, Mo., 10 bass, 28-6

            8th:     Cabelas pro Clark Wendlandt, Leander, Texas, 10 bass, 26-13

            9th:     Chevy pro Jay Yelas, Corvallis, Ore., 10 bass, 25-10

            10th:   National Guard pro Justin Lucas, Montevallo, Ala., nine bass, 25-6

 

See below or visit FLWOutdoors.com for full results.

Overall there were 506 bass weighing 1,027 pounds, 2 ounces caught by 133 pros Thursday. The catch included 65 five-bass limits.

Pros are competing for a top award of up to $125,000 this week plus valuable points in the hope of qualifying for the Forrest Wood Cup which will be held Aug. 5-8 at Lake Lanier in Atlanta, Ga., where they could win as much as $600,000 – the sport’s biggest award.

Darrell Mitchell of Taneyville, Mo., leads the Co-angler Division with a total of 10 bass weighing 18 pounds, 10 ounces, followed by Kevin Hawk of Ramona, Calif., in second place with eight bass weighing 17-6.

Mitchell caught five bass weighing 9-11 while fishing with pro Mike Surman of Boca Raton, Fla., Wednesday and five bass weighing 8-15 while fishing with pro Dan Morehead of Paducah, Ky., Thursday.

Rounding out the top-10 co-anglers are:

 

            3rd:   Johnny Manning, Arkadelphia, Ark., eight bass, 15-7

            4th:    Keith Honeycutt, Temple, Texas, seven bass, 14-3

            5th:    Keith Iddins, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 14-2

            6th:    Alan Hults, Gautier, Miss., seven bass, 13-15

            7th:    Brian Wilson, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 13-6

            8th:    Spencer Shuffield, Bismarck, Ark., eight bass, 13-2

            9th:    Greg Schultz, Wayzata, Minn., five bass, 12-14

            10th:  Todd Lee, Jasper, Ala., five bass, 12-9

 

Overall there were 222 bass weighing 402 pounds, 3 ounces caught by 114 co-anglers Thursday. The catch included five five-bass limits.

Co-anglers are fishing for a top award of $25,000 this week plus valuable points that could help them qualify for the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup.

Anglers will take off from Tellico Recreational Area Ramp east of Lenoir City, Tenn. at 7 each morning. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at Tellico Recreational Area Ramp at 3 p.m. Saturday’s final weigh-in will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center located at 701 Henley St. in Knoxville beginning at 4 p.m.

Fans will be treated to a Family Fun Zone & Outdoor Expo at the Knoxville Convention Center on Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday prior to the final weigh-in from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a drawing for a Can-Am ATV courtesy of WNML-AM and rod and reel combos will be given to the first 300 kids under 14 in attendance on Saturday compliments of the Knoxville News Sentinel. The Family Fun Zone & Outdoor Expo includes Ranger boat simulators, the opportunity to interact with professional anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities. All activities are free and open to the public. For a full schedule of events, additional information and to register for the ATV, visit http://www.flwoutdoors.com/knoxville/.

 

Coverage of the Fort Loudoun/Tellico lakes tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on VERSUS. “FLW Outdoors,” will air June 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 ET. “FLW Outdoors,” hosted by Jason Harper, is broadcast to approximately 500 million households worldwide.

 

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FLW Outdoors, named after Forrest L. Wood, the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, is the largest fishing tournament organization in the world offering anglers worldwide the opportunity to compete for millions over the course of 189  tournaments in 2010. FLW Outdoors has also taken fishing mainstream with FLW Fantasy Fishing awarding the largest prizes in the history of fantasy sports. FLW Outdoors memberships are available featuring numerous benefits including Player’s Advantage. For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournaments, visit FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000. For more information about FLW Fantasy Fishing, visit FantasyFishing.com.

 

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Visit the FLW Outdoors Media Center at FLWOutdoors.com/mc for additional information or contact:

    Jeff McCoy, Director of Public Relations & Communications, (612) 337-1945 (w), (612) 360-1375 (m) or [email protected]

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Pos.        Name                                          City, State                                  Two-day total

                                                                                                                        Fish    lbs-oz

1              BRYAN THRIFT                         SHELBY, NC                               10        36-02

2              GLENN BROWNE                      OCALA, FL                                 10        33-15

3              CHAD GRIGSBY                        MAPLE GROVE, MN                  10        33-01

4              EDWIN EVERS                           TALALA, OK                               10        29-05

5              JT KENNEY                                PALM BAY, FL                            9          29-04

6              BRANDON COULTER               KNOXVILLE, TN                         10        28-08

7              JAMES WATSON                       WAYNESVILLE, MO                   10        28-06

8              CLARK WENDLANDT                LEANDER, TX                            10        26-13

9              JAY YELAS                                 CORVALLIS, OR                        10        25-10

10            JUSTIN LUCAS                          MONTEVALLO, AL                     9          25-06

11            CHRIS BAUMGARDNER           GASTONIA, NC                          10        25-04

12            VIC VATALARO                          KENT, OH                                   10        25-02

13            MIKE WURM                              HOT SPRINGS, AR                    10        24-13

14            RON SHUFFIELD                      BISMARCK, AR                          10        24-04

15            JONATHAN NEWTON              ROGERSVILLE, AL                    10        23-10

16            CLIFFORD PIRCH                     PAYSON, AZ                              10        23-07

17            JASON CHRISTIE                      PARK HILL, OK                          10        23-03

18            JAMES STRICKLIN JR              TEXARKANA, AR                       10        22-06

19            ISHAMA MONROE                     HUGHSON, CA                          10        22-00

20            BRENT EHRLER                        REDLANDS, CA                         8          21-15

21            OTT DEFOE                               KNOXVILLE, TN                         8          21-14

22            LUKE CLAUSEN                         GAINESVILLE, GA                     10        21-14

23            KYLE MABREY                           MCCALLA, AL                             8          21-09

24            MARK ROSE                              MARION, AR                              10        21-07

25            JUSTIN KERR                            SIMI VALLEY, CA                       10        21-06

26            KEITH COMBS                           DEL RIO, TX                               10        21-04

27            RANDALL THARP                      GARDENDALE, AL                     10        21-02

28            SHAD SCHENCK                       WAYNETOWN, IN                     10        21-02

29            SEAN HOERNKE                       THE WOODLANDS, TX             9          20-15

30            ROY HAWK                                SALT LAKE CITY, UT                 5          20-14

31            DAVE LEFEBRE                         UNION CITY, PA                        10        20-06

32            CHRIS MARTINKOVIC              LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OH        10        20-05

33            RUSTY SALEWSKE                   ALPINE, CA                                10        20-03

34            PETE GLUSZEK                         MT LAUREL, NJ                         10        20-02

35            DAN MOREHEAD                      PADUCAH, KY                            10        19-15

36            JOHN DEVERE                          BEREA, KY                                 9          19-11

37            ANDY MONTGOMERY              BLACKSBURG, SC                    10        19-11

38            JIMMY HOUSTON                     COOKSON, OK                          9          19-10

39            BRETT HITE                               PHOENIX, AZ                             9          19-06

40            STACEY KING                            REEDS SPRING, MO                 10        19-05

41            SHINICHI FUKAE                       PALESTINE, TX                          10        19-04

42            WESLEY STRADER                   SPRING CITY, TN                      7          19-01

43            TIM JOHNSON                          DALLAS, GA                               10        18-12

44            ANDY MORGAN                        DAYTON, TN                              10        18-12

45            THANH LE                                  LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ           9          18-06

46            JACOB POWROZNIK                PRINCE GEORGE, VA              10        18-00

47            GREG BOHANNAN                   ROGERS, AR                             10        17-15

48            MICHAEL BENNETT                  LINCOLN, CA                             7          17-13

49            DAVID FRITTS                           LEXINGTON, NC                       9          17-13

50            DARREL ROBERTSON             JAY, OK                                      10        17-11

51            ANTHONY GAGLIARDI             PROSPERITY, SC                      9          17-10

52            CODY MEYER                            GRASS VALLEY, CA                  10        17-09

53            ERIC AMBORT                           MABELVALE, AR                        10        17-07

54            LARRY NIXON                           BEE BRANCH, AR                      10        17-06

55            BUD PRUITT                              HOUSTON, TX                           10        17-03

56            TODD AUTEN                            LAKE WYLIE, SC                        8          17-03

57            GEORGE COCHRAN                HOT SPRINGS, AR                    10        17-02

58            BOBBY CURTIS                         SILOAM SPRINGS, AR              9          16-15

59            JASON CORDIALE                    ORINDA, CA                               8          16-15

60            TIM MCDONALD                        LEXINGTON, KY                        9          16-12

61            DAVID DUDLEY                         LYNCHBURG, VA                      10        16-12

62            GUIDO HIBDON                        SUNRISE BEACH, MO               10        16-09

63            CLINT BROWNLEE                   TIFTON, GA                               10        16-07

64            MIKE HAWKES                           SABINAL, TX                              8          16-06

65            JASON REYES                           HUFFMAN, TX                           10        16-03

66            JACK WADE                               KNOXVILLE, TN                         8          16-01

67            TOM REDINGTON                    ROYSE CITY, TX                       10        16-01

68            KEITH MONSON                        BURGIN, KY                               8          15-14

69            FRED MARTIN                           NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR       10        15-14

70            CHRISTOPHER FORD              KENNEDALE, TX                        7          15-12

71            DION HIBDON                           STOVER, MO                             7          15-11

72            JASON MENINGER                   GAINESVILLE, GA                     8          15-08

73            JIM MOYNAGH                          CARVER, MN                             7          15-06

74            TERRY SEGRAVES                   KISSIMMEE, FL                          7          15-01

75            ROB KILBY                                 HOT SPRINGS, AR                    8          15-01

76            RUSSELL PARRISH                   RIESEL, TX                                 9          15-01

77            JIM DILLARD                              WEST MONROE, LA                 5          15-00

78            GREG PUGH                             CULLMAN, AL                            10        14-08

79            DAVID WALKER                         SEVIERVILLE, TN                      8          14-08

80            ART FERGUSON III                   ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI            8          14-06

81            JIM TUTT                                   LONGVIEW, TX                         9          14-05

82            BOB BJORKLUND                     CENTENNIAL, CO                     8          14-03

83            KEN WICK                                  STAR, ID                                     8          14-02

84            ADAM WAGNER                        COOKEVILLE, TN                      8          14-01

85            JOE THOMAS                            MILFORD, OH                            8          14-01

86            JOHN VOYLES                          PETERSBURG, IN                     6          13-13

87            MIKE SURMAN                           BOCA RATON, FL                     10        13-13

88            RAMIE COLSON JR                  CADIZ, KY                                  6          13-10

89            MARK HARDIN                           JASPER, GA                               6          13-06

90            STEVE KENNEDY                      AUBURN, AL                              6          13-05

91            CRAIG DOWLING                     GRANT, AL                                 7          13-05

92            BRIAN TRAVIS                           CONOVER, NC                          8          13-02

93            CHAD BRAUER                          OSAGE BEACH, MO                  6          13-02

94            KENNETH (BOO) WOODS       HAZARD, KY                              6          13-01

95            NATE WELLMAN                       JENISON, MI                              7          12-14

96            TIM KLINGER                             BOULDER CITY, NV                  6          12-12

97            DARYL BIRON                           SOUTH WINDSOR, CT             8          12-12

98            JOHN TANNER                          QUITMAN, TX                            9          12-12

99            MICHAEL MURPHY                   GILBERT, SC                             6          11-14

100          TOM MANN JR                          BUFORD, GA                             8          11-11

101          KATHRYN EALEY                      MOODY, AL                                6          11-10

102          CHAD MORGENTHALER          COULTERVILLE, IL                    6          11-09

103          STETSON BLAYLOCK               BENTON, AR                              5          11-08

104          SCOTT MARTIN                        CLEWISTON, FL                        7          11-08

105          TRAVIS FOX                              SPRINGDALE, AR                      8          11-05

106          CHRISTIAN ROMANS               CARROLLTON, KY                    7          11-00

107          JAMES CHRISTIAN                   DICKSON, TN                            6          10-13

108          CHRIS NEAU                              CASTRO VALLEY, CA               7          10-08

109          SCOTT CANTERBURY             SPRINGVILLE, AL                      6          10-04

110          CHIP HARRISON                       BREMEN, IN                               4          10-03

111          CODY BIRD                                GRANBURY, TX                         7          10-02

112          SCOTT SUGGS                         BRYANT, AR                              6          10-02

113          MARK FISHER                           GLENVIEW, IL                            6          9-15

114          TERRY BOLTON                       JONESBORO, AR                      7          9-15

115          MATT AREY                               SHELBY, NC                               7          9-14

116          JT PALMORE                             GASBURG, VA                           7          9-14

117          LEWIS DENNEY                         INDIAN MOUND, TN                  6          9-12

118          BRENT LONG                            CORNELIUS, NC                       5          9-08

119          BOBBY MCMULLIN                    PEVELY, MO                              6          9-00

120          RAY SCHEIDE                            DOVER, AR                                5          8-12

121          TERRY BAKSAY                         EASTON, CT                              6          8-04

122          GERALD BROWN                      CHICKASHA, OK                        5          8-02

123          JAMES (WIL) HARDY                HARLEM, GA          , ;    &nb, sp;,                5          8-01

124          DICK SHAFFER                         ROCKFORD, OH                       5  , &n, bsp;       7-11

125          ROBBIE DODSON                     HARRISON, AR                          5          7-10

126          DAVID SMITH                             DEL CITY, OK                            5          7-10

127          NICHOLAS ALBUS                     TRINITY, TX                               5          7-08

128          RUSTY TRANCYGIER               HAHIRA, GA                               5          7-08

129          ROBERT HARKNESS                ELIZABETH, WV                        5          7-08

130          ROBERT SHERRY                     SAINT CHARLES, IL                  4          6-12

131          GLENN CHAPPELEAR              ACWORTH, GA                         3          6-11

132          MARK STEWART                       SPRINGVILLE, AL                      5          6-00

133          BRAD KNIGHT                           WARTBURG, TN                       4          5-11

134          DAVID KROMM                          KENNEWICK, WA                      3          5-05

135          ROBERT PEARSON                  HERNDON, VA                           3          5-04

136          JIMMY MILLSAPS                      CANTON, GA                             3          4-11

137          RICHARD LOWITZKI                 ST CHARLES, IL                        2          3-10

138          WILL JEFFERIES                       BOUNTIFUL, UT                        2          3-05

139          RHETT FORNOF                       PARK CITY, UT                          2          2-11

140          MARK ROUSE                            LEAGUE CITY, TX                     1          2-01

 

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