ON TOUR
FLW TOUR
detaIls
Feb. 16-19, 2017
presented by Quaker state
hosted by city of Jonestown and austin sports commission
ROSE RIDES MOMENTUM TO TRAVIS VICTORY
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ARKANSAS PRO FIRST EVER TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK TOUR EVENTS
By Rob Newell
he role that momentum plays in
the sport of professional bass
fishing is undeniable. One success
often leads to another success, resulting
in some of the most impressive “rolls” in
the history of the FLW Tour.
Whether it’s scoring consecutive top
10s or winning multiple events in a sin-
gle season or even claiming back-to-
back Angler of the Year titles, the old
saying “success breeds success” pro-
vides an apt description of a powerful
force in tournament fishing.
Mark Rose is the latest FLW Tour
pro to illustrate this phenomenon
involving success and momentum.
After winning the 2017 FLW Tour open-
er on Lake Guntersville, Rose turned
right around and won the second event
of the season at Lake Travis, making
him the first pro to win consecutive
tournaments in a single season in FLW
Tour history.
gut feelings
CONDITIONS
Weather | partly cloudy with spotty showers mixed in on the final day
air temperature | mid- to upper 70s
Water temperature | 59 to 63 degrees
moon phase | third quarter
predominant lake features | rock, docks, submerged trees and bushes
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Rose caught kickers from deep points before moving to docks to fill his limit.
Rose says that riding the crest of
success of one event into another pro-
vides a little extra breathing room to
follow instincts, take some risks and
make good decisions, which he benefit-
ted from at Travis.
“A win like Guntersville early in the
season just gets you going in the right
direction,” he says. “It was a big financial
boon for my family. It was a great start
in the points. It just put me in a great
frame of mind going into Travis. Instead
of being under the gun and trying to
force things, it gave me a little more
freedom to keep an open mind and be
open to what my gut was telling me.”
For Rose, one of those critical gut
feelings came on the first day of the
tournament when he was still trying to
feel out which Lake Travis pattern to
commit to.
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