Bruce Camp
Thursday, July 1, 2010 12:23 pm

Bryan Thrift

 Shelby’s Bryan Thrift wrapped up what can only be described as a dream year. Bryan saw his first win in the FLW tournament series and after last week’s event, he is now the FLW 2010 Angler of the Year.

“Angler of the Year is all about consistency,” he said. “It means that I’ve caught the most... not just for a week, but over the whole year. You can’t have one bad tournament. Heck, you can’t even have one mediocre tournament; these guys are too good.”

“A lot of things went my way this year. I didn’t lose many fish and I’ve got a great sponsor (Damiki) that is producing some awesome new baits.” One of his go to baits was a Damiki Mega Miki, an 11-inch worm that has a cup tail. “I caught some on a Miki, some on spoon, some on a ChatterBait, some on a jig and some on a crankbait. Coming into today, I knew my area was pretty beat up. I basically did what I needed to do.” Looking back at the season, Thrift had a year that included four top-10 finishes, his first FLW Tour win and now AOY. “I’ve wanted both so bad. To get them in same year is like shooting two birds with one stone. Hopefully I’ll get a few more shots in the future.” A huge congrats Bryan on an awesome year.

KOSA

The Kosa retirees fished Lake Wylie last week. A different lake with the same results as the past few weeks. John Black and Roger McNeilly continued their winning ways with 13.20. They also brought in big bass of the day with a 3.20 largemouth. Second place with 10.0 was Mack Wyatt and Johnny Christainberry. Ronnie Humphries, fishing solo, took third with 9.85. This week it is Lake Norman, and with the predicted cooler weather and a 6am start, those guys better be prepared, John and Roger will work “pinkie” to death.

Moss

Last week only 14 boats went for the weekly Thursday night bass tournament on Moss Lake. “I guess they were all afraid it was gonna rain”, said tournament organizer Arnold Ledford. Brian and Cody Hoyle won with 7.60. Ronnie Humphries finished in second with 6.05 followed by Reggie Guffy with 5.90. Humphries and Guffy shared in the big fish award as both had a 2.35 largemouth.

CCBC

The Cleveland County Bass Club will fish their July event on Lake Norman July 24 from 2am til 10 am. The top ten in points going into that event are: James Osborne, Tyler Hensley, Roger Beaver, Chuck Camp, John Prenell, Roger Hamrick, Ray Hembree, Tom Mayhew, Jimmy Melton and Larry Melton. Lake Norman could make a huge swing for some, up or down.

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