COMPARING AND CONTRASTING
by Tyler Brinks
TOP FLW ANGLERS
PHOTOS BY D.W. REED II
WHO IS THE BEST DOCK SKIPPER ALIVE?
ta: Andy Montgomery. I’ve seen him do it
many times, and nobody is better at it.
WAS THERE MORE PRESSURE AT THE
WALMART FLW TOUR INVITATIONAL AT
NORMAN, BEING A LOCAL FAVORITE?
ta: Yes and no. I had more spectators follow-
ing me than normal.
FISHING, HUNTING OR SOMETHING
ELSE IN THE OFF-SEASON?
ta: I like to fish for stripers at Lake Murray,
Wateree or Norman. That, or head to the coast
and fish for flounder, drum and speckled trout.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO FLY-CAST?
ta: I messed around with it some when my
brother, Greg, got one (a fly rod) years ago.
IF YOU COULD TAKE ONE FAMOUS
ATHLETE FISHING, WHO WOULD IT BE?
ta: Cam Newton. He seems like a very uplift-
ing guy, and we would have fun.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU
FISHED YOUR FIRST TOURNAMENT?
ta: It was a draw tournament on Lake Wylie,
and I was 15 years old.
WHAT’S YOUR FIRST FISHING MEMORY?
ta: Fishing with my dad, Clyde. We used to fish
off of the docks, and he would always fish for
catfish and I would fish for bass.
WHAT’S THE STRANGEST THING YOU
HAVE EVER CAUGHT?
ta: A scuba diver. I didn’t actually hook him,
but my line got wrapped around his tank. We
were fishing Beaver Lake and saw some bub-
bles and thought it was fish busting.
AUTEN
Todd
december 2016 I fLWfIshInG.com
Lake Wylie, S.C.
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