LIVeWeLL
t-h marIne becomes bfL
tItLe sponsor for 2017
fLW
recently announced a sponsorship renewal with T-H Marine
for the 2017 season. As part of the agreement, T-H Marine
will become the title sponsor of FLW’s most popular tourna-
ment circuit, the Bass Fishing League. Based in Alabama, T-H Marine manufac-
tures boating and fishing equipment, tools and accessories.
“T-H Marine is very happy that we are renewing and growing our sponsor-
ship of FLW,” says T-H Marine CEO Jeff Huntley. “FLW anglers cover the entire
spectrum, from recreational weekend fishermen to elite professionals. We are
very proud to be plugged into the foundation of bass fishing as the new title
sponsor of the T-H Marine Bass Fishing League.”
FLW CANADA, FLW
CHINA WRAP UP
2016 SEASON
t
he first full season of FLW’s International Division
competition wrapped up in early fall, in time to
qualify the International Division representatives to
the Costa FLW Series Championship in November. By
press time, results had come in for FLW Canada and FLW
China.
The Canadian circuit actually produced its 2016 FLW
Series Championship qualifiers at a championship event
held in 2015. Its recent 2016 champions will compete in
the 2017 FLW Series Championship on Kentucky Lake.
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Held on Big Rideau Lake near Rideau Ferry, Ontario,
Sept. 16-18, the FLW Canadian Championship was won by
teen anglers Cooper Gallant and Danny McGarry (above)
by a margin of less than a pound.
According to an FLWFishing.com
web story filed by Limitfish Media,
Gallant and McGarry spent a week
camping in a truck as they prepared for
and competed in the tournament. The
sacrifice paid off, as the young guns
uncovered the winning pattern of
using their electronics to fish vertically
for smallmouths over 40 feet of water.
Their three-day total of 56.71 pounds
earned a five-figure payday, in addition
to the FLW Series Championship berth.
Across the world in China, the team
of Xu, Jue Fei and Xu,