Friday, July 21, 2006

FLW Makes the Front Page of the Wall Street Journal

SSG has posted a few articles on FLW Outdoors (Sirius is it's official sponsor), and now it has made the front page of the Wall Street Journal! Fishing has it's loyal followers!

PAGE ONE, DOW JONES REPRINTS

Trolling for Stats:Fantasy Fishing Hooks Landlubbers
In This League, Bass Weight,Weather Really Matter; The 'Home-Lake Curse'
By KEVIN J. DELANEYJuly 20, 2006; Page A1

ROGERS, Ark. -- Under an enormous tent in a Wal-Mart parking lot earlier this year, some of the country's top fishermen hoisted their freshly caught largemouth bass. Fans and television cameras looked on as the anglers competed for a $200,000 check.
Standing near the back was another fishing champion, Bob Fowler. But the contest he won didn't require him to land any fish or even get anywhere near the water. Mr. Fowler is among the growing number of Americans hooked on a pastime known as "fantasy fishing."

Full Article: HERE