Walking the Line
Ask any great angler what brand of
fishing line they have spooled up at any
given time and you’ll probably hear
“Sunline” come up more often than not.
Sunline is so popular that the company
produces enough fishing line yearly to
wrap around the earth 34 times (roughly
269,000 miles), according to sales manag-
er Mike Valster. That’s approximately 550
tons of line, or the weight of about 571
Ranger Z521L bass boats stacked on top
of each other.
The Forrest Gump
Of Fishing
Jamie Horton’s path through profes-
sional bass fishing is worthy of some
Hollywood treatment. The 52-year-old FLW
Tour pro has seen just about everything
there is to see. Here’s a breakdown of
Horton’s career accomplishments to date:
54 B.A.S.S. tournaments fished, including
two Bassmaster Classic appearances, and
$193,686.87 in winnings on the circuit
83 FLW tournaments fished (between
FLW Tour, Costa FLW Series and T-H
Marine FLW Bass Fishing League levels),
including two FLW Cup appearances and
$223,143 in winnings
2007 BFL All-American appearance (25th
place)
2007 The Bass Federation (TBF) National
Championship appearance (third place)
31 career top 10s between B.A.S.S. and
FLW competition (including a ninth-place
finish at Grand Lake this year)
2011 B.A.S.S. Federation National
Champion (punching his ticket to the 2012
Classic)
Cortiana and the Camel
Third-year FLW Tour pro Kyle Cortiana didn’t have the best of luck at the Grand Lake
FLW Tour event, but he did contribute to one heck of a photo. Pictured, Cortiana
smooches Claude the camel at the weigh-in expo during the event.
The owner of Claude, Josh Mathias, is a friend of Cortiana’s and sponsors the Tour
pro via Greenleaf Lawn, LLC. Mathias brought Claude to the event, and we’re all glad he
did – probably none more than Cortiana himself.
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