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Browne Wins FLW Tour Event on Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Glenn Browne of Ocala, Fla., caught a five-bass limit weighing 12 pounds even Saturday to win $125,000 at the FLW Tour event presented by Folgers on Fort Loudoun/Tellico lakes with a four-day catch of 20 bass weighing 59-13.

The catch gave him the win by a solid 4-pound even margin over Goodwill pro Chad Grigsby of Maple Grove, Minn., who caught a total of 19 bass weighing 55-13 and earned $37,197.

"I'm on cloud nine," said Browne, who notched his first FLW Tour win. "I mean, it hasn't sunk in totally. I don't even know what to say. I've fished for seven seasons on the Tour, and I've come close and had some good finishes. This is what I've been looking for for a long time.

"The first three days of this tournament everything just went right," Browne added. "I mean, you make the right moves, the right stops and I never lost a keeper fish. Everything just went right and I just had that feeling that things were going to happen right."

Browne said he was making a 30-mile run each day to his backwater pocket above the Little River on Fort Loudoun. The pocket contained laydown trees and logs and Browne said he caught the majority of his fish flipping a 4-inch Gambler flipping tube in black neon with a chartreuse tail, but admitted he caught fish on a spinnerbait and a swimbait as well. Browne said he matched the tube to a 5/16-ounce weight and 20-pound-test fluorocarbon line.

Browne said Friday he began to think that he had a legitimate shot at winning the Knoxville event.

"It was tougher for me yesterday, but I thought, 'Man, if I can still go around and catch five fish, they're going to have to beat me,'" Browne said.

Browne opened the tournament in third place Wednesday with five bass weighing 17-0. On Thursday he added another five bass weighing 16-15. He then caught five bass weighing 13-14 Friday to make the crucial top-5 cut in first place. On Saturday he sealed his victory.

The remaining top-5 pros finished the tournament in:

3rd: Damiki pro Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 20 bass, 55-0, $27,864

4th: Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., 20 bass, 49-6, $18,531

5th: Brandon Coulter, Knoxville, Tenn., 17 bass, 46-0, $16,664

A complete list of results can be found below or at FLWOutdoors.com.

Overall there were 22 bass weighing 49 pounds, 14 ounces caught by five pros Saturday. The catch included three five-bass limits.

Spencer Shuffield of Bismarck, Ark., won the Co-angler Division and $20,000 Friday with a three-day total of 13 bass weighing 24 pounds, 2 ounces, followed by Derrick Snavely of Rogersville, Tenn., in second place with 10 bass weighing 21-15 worth $9,306.

Grigsby and Snavely each won a $2,500 gift card as part of the new Cabela's Angler Cash program. In 2010, Cabela's is offering pro and co-anglers the opportunity to register and win a $2,500 gift card for being the highest qualified finisher in each division at all FLW Tour events, making the stakes even higher in an already rich payout.

In FLW Tour competition, anglers and co-anglers are also vying for valuable points that could help them qualify for the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup, where they could win up to $600,000 and $60,000 respectively.

The Fort Loudoun/Tellico lakes event, hosted by the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation and the Loudoun County Visitors Bureau, was the third of five FLW Tour tournaments that will be held in 2010. The next event will be May 26-29 on Lake Ouachita in Hot Springs, Ark. The event will be hosted by the Hot Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau and boats will launch from Mountain Harbor Resort and Spa in Mount Ida, Ark.

The remaining tournaments are scheduled for:

    June 23-26            Lake Guntersville    Huntsville, Ala.
    2010 Forrest Wood
     Cup
    Aug. 5-8              Lake Lanier          Atlanta, Ga.

Coverage of the Fort Loudoun/Tellico lakes tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on VERSUS. "FLW Outdoors," will air June 6 from 12:30 to 1:30 ET. "FLW Outdoors," hosted by Jason Harper, is broadcast to approximately 500 million households worldwide.

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    Pos.        Name         City / State      4-day Total     Winnings
                                            Fish   lbs-oz
    1    GLENN BROWNE      OCALA, FL           20  59-13       $100,000 +
                                                           Ranger Cup:
                                                                 $25,000
    2    CHAD GRIGSBY      MAPLE GROVE, MN     19  55-13        $37,197 +
                                                           Cabela's
                                                           Angler Cash:
                                                                  $2,500
    3    BRYAN THRIFT      SHELBY, NC          20  55-00         $27,864
    4    CHRIS BAUMGARDNER GASTONIA, NC        20  49-06         $18,531
    5    BRANDON COULTER   KNOXVILLE, TN       17  46-00         $16,664
    6    JT KENNEY         PALM BAY, FL        13  37-03         $15,731
                            LIBERTY
    7    CHRIS MARTINKOVIC  TOWNSHIP, OH       13  36-13         $14,797
    8    JASON CHRISTIE    PARK HILL, OK       15  36-04         $13,864
    9    CLARK WENDLANDT   LEANDER, TX         14  35-12         $12,931
    10   JIMMY HOUSTON     COOKSON, OK         13  35-07         $11,997
    11   EDWIN EVERS       TALALA, OK          14  34-14         $11,531
    12   VIC VATALARO      KENT, OH            15  34-11         $11,531
    13   RON SHUFFIELD     BISMARCK, AR        15  34-03         $11,531
    14   BRENT EHRLER      REDLANDS, CA        13  33-08         $11,531
    15   ANDY MORGAN       DAYTON, TN          15  33-03         $11,531
    16   JAMES WATSON      WAYNESVILLE, MO     12  32-06         $11,064
    17   JAY YELAS         CORVALLIS, OR       13  32-04         $11,064
    18   SHAD SCHENCK      WAYNETOWN, IN       14  31-14         $11,064
    19   JONATHAN NEWTON   ROGERSVILLE, AL     15  31-12         $11,064
    20   RUSTY SALEWSKE    ALPINE, CA          15  31-07         $11,064
    21   CLIFFORD PIRCH    PAYSON, AZ          15  31-02         $10,597
    22   MARK ROSE         MARION, AR          15  30-10         $10,597
    23   LUKE CLAUSEN      GAINESVILLE, GA     13  29-15         $10,597
    24   ANDY MONTGOMERY   BLACKSBURG, SC      15  29-14         $10,597
    25   JACK WADE         KNOXVILLE, TN       13  29-07         $10,597
    26   BRETT HITE        PHOENIX, AZ         14  29-05         $10,131
                            SALT LAKE CITY,
    27   ROY HAWK           UT                  9  28-15         $10,131
    28   OTT DEFOE         KNOXVILLE, TN       11  28-14         $10,131
    29   DAN MOREHEAD      PADUCAH, KY         15  28-09         $10,131
    30   KEITH COMBS       DEL RIO, TX         15  28-08         $10,131
    31   TIM JOHNSON       DALLAS, GA          15  28-08          $9,664
    32   DAVE LEFEBRE      UNION CITY, PA      15  28-06          $9,664
    33   SHINICHI FUKAE    PALESTINE, TX       15  28-06          $9,664
    34   WESLEY STRADER    SPRING CITY, TN     10  28-00          $9,664
    35   MIKE WURM         HOT SPRINGS, AR     12  27-15          $9,664
    36   ISHAMA MONROE     HUGHSON, CA         14  27-13          $9,664
                            PRINCE GEORGE,
    37   JACOB POWROZNIK    VA                 15  27-05          $9,664
                            THE WOODLANDS,
    38   SEAN HOERNKE       TX                 13  27-02          $9,664
    39   JIM MOYNAGH       CARVER, MN          12  27-02          $9,664
    40   JUSTIN LUCAS      MONTEVALLO, AL      10  26-12          $9,664
          JAMES STRICKLIN
    41    JR               TEXARKANA, AR       12  26-11          $9,197
    42   GREG BOHANNAN     ROGERS, AR          15  26-11          $9,197
    43   MICHAEL MURPHY    GILBERT, SC         11  26-07          $9,197
    44   JIM TUTT          LONGVIEW, TX        14  26-01          $9,197
    45   GEORGE COCHRAN    HOT SPRINGS, AR     15  25-14          $9,197
    46   RANDALL THARP     GARDENDALE, AL      14  25-13          $9,197
    47   JOHN DEVERE       BEREA, KY           14  25-12          $9,197
    48   JUSTIN KERR       SIMI VALLEY, CA     12  25-00          $9,197
    49   JOHN VOYLES       PETERSBURG, IN      11  24-15          $9,197
    50   CODY MEYER        GRASS VALLEY, CA    15  24-12          $9,197
    51   DION HIBDON       STOVER, MO          12  24-04
                            ST. CLAIR
    52   ART FERGUSON III   SHORES, MI         13  24-00
                            NORTH LITTLE
    53   FRED MARTIN        ROCK, AR           14  23-09
    54   PETE GLUSZEK      MT LAUREL, NJ       12  23-04
    55   KEITH MONSON      BURGIN, KY          11  23-02
    56   JASON MENINGER    GAINESVILLE, GA     13  23-02
    57   MIKE SURMAN       BOCA RATON, FL      15  23-02
    58   ERIC AMBORT       MABELVALE, AR       14  22-11
    59   LARRY NIXON       BEE BRANCH, AR      13  22-10
    60   TIM KLINGER       BOULDER CITY, NV    10  22-08
    61   BUD PRUITT        HOUSTON, TX         13  22-07
    62   DARREL ROBERTSON  JAY, OK             13  22-03
    63   STEVE KENNEDY     AUBURN, AL           9  21-15
    64   JOE THOMAS        MILFORD, OH         13  21-14
    65   DAVID WALKER      SEVIERVILLE, TN     12  21-14
    66   KYLE MABREY       MCCALLA, AL          8  21-09
                            LAKE HAVASU
    67   THANH LE           CITY, AZ           12  21-08
    68   ADAM WAGNER       COOKEVILLE, TN      12  21-08
    69   JASON REYES       HUFFMAN, TX         13  21-04
    70   JASON CORDIALE    ORINDA, CA          11  21-02
    71   ROB KILBY         HOT SPRINGS, AR     11  21-01
    72   CHRISTOPHER FORD  KENNEDALE, TX        9  21-01
    73   GREG PUGH         CULLMAN, AL         13  21-01
    74   DAVID FRITTS      LEXINGTON, NC       11  21-00
    75   ANTHONY GAGLIARDI PROSPERITY, SC      11  21-00
    76   DAVID DUDLEY      LYNCHBURG, VA       13  21-00
    77   CLINT BROWNLEE    TIFTON, GA          12  20-14
    78   JIM DILLARD       WEST MONROE, LA      7  20-09
    79   STACEY KING       REEDS SPRING, MO    11  20-09
    80   BRENT LONG        CORNELIUS, NC       10  20-05
    81   KEN WICK          STAR, ID            12  19-14
    82   TRAVIS FOX        SPRINGDALE, AR      13  19-07
                            SUNRISE BEACH,
    83   GUIDO HIBDON       MO                 12  19-02
    84   TIM MCDONALD      LEXINGTON, KY       10  18-15
    85   CHRISTIAN ROMANS  CARROLLTON, KY      11  18-15
    86   CHAD BRAUER       OSAGE BEACH, MO      9  18-14
    87   MARK HARDIN       JASPER, GA           8  18-12
    88   TOM REDINGTON     ROYSE CITY, TX      11  18-06
    89   RUSSELL PARRISH   RIESEL, TX          11  18-04
    90   MARK FISHER       GLENVIEW, IL        10  18-00
    91   MICHAEL BENNETT   LINCOLN, CA          7  17-13
    92   TERRY SEGRAVES    KISSIMMEE, FL        9  17-11
    93   SCOTT CANTERBURY  SPRINGVILLE, AL      9  17-10
    94   BRIAN TRAVIS      CONOVER, NC         10  17-07
    95   RAY SCHEIDE       DOVER, AR           10  17-05
    96   TODD AUTEN        LAKE WYLIE, SC       8  17-03
    97   JAMES CHRISTIAN   DICKSON, TN          9  17-00
    98   SCOTT SUGGS       BRYANT, AR          10  17-00
                            SILOAM SPRINGS,
    99   BOBBY CURTIS       AR                  9  16-15
    100  BOBBY MCMULLIN    PEVELY, MO          11  16-13
    101  RAMIE COLSON JR   CADIZ, KY            7  16-12
    102  MIKE HAWKES       SABINAL, TX          8  16-06
    103  BOB BJORKLUND     CENTENNIAL, CO       9  16-04
    104  SCOTT MARTIN      CLEWISTON, FL        9  16-03
    105  CRAIG DOWLING     GRANT, AL            9  16-01
    106  TOM MANN JR       BUFORD, GA          10  16-01
    107  KATHRYN EALEY     MOODY, AL            8  16-00
    108  NATE WELLMAN      JENISON, MI          9  15-09
    109  STETSON BLAYLOCK  BENTON, AR           7  15-03
    110  RUSTY TRANCYGIER  HAHIRA, GA           8  15-03
          KENNETH (BOO)
    111   WOODS            HAZARD, KY           7  14-14
    112  CODY BIRD         GRANBURY, TX         9  14-12
    113  BRAD KNIGHT       WARTBURG, TN         9  14-11
    114  CHIP HARRISON     BREMEN, IN           7  14-10
    115  JT PALMORE        GASBURG, VA          9  14-08
    116  JAMES (WIL) HARDY HARLEM, GA          10  14-01
    117  TERRY BOLTON      JONESBORO, AR       10  13-13
    118  DAVID SMITH       DEL CITY, OK         9  13-07
    119  JIMMY MILLSAPS    CANTON, GA           7  13-01
                            SOUTH WINDSOR,
    120  DARYL BIRON        CT                  8  12-12
    121  JOHN TANNER       QUITMAN, TX          9  12-12
    122  LEWIS DENNEY      INDIAN MOUND, TN     8  12-11
    123  DAVID KROMM       KENNEWICK, WA        7  12-02
    124  DICK SHAFFER      ROCKFORD, OH         7  12-02
    125  CHAD MORGENTHALER COULTERVILLE, IL     6  11-09
    126  MATT AREY         SHELBY, NC           8  11-06
    127  ROBBIE DODSON     HARRISON, AR         7  11-04
                            SAINT CHARLES,
    128  ROBERT SHERRY      IL                  7  11-03
    129  GLENN CHAPPELEAR  ACWORTH, GA          5  10-09
                            CASTRO VALLEY,
    130  CHRIS NEAU         CA                  7  10-08
    131  MARK STEWART      SPRINGVILLE, AL      8  10-08
    132  ROBERT HARKNESS   ELIZABETH, WV        7  10-00
    133  TERRY BAKSAY      EASTON, CT           6  8-04
    134  GERALD BROWN      CHICKASHA, OK        5  8-02
    135  NICHOLAS ALBUS    TRINITY, TX          5  7-08
    136  RICHARD LOWITZKI  ST CHARLES, IL       4  6-11
    137  ROBERT PEARSON    HERNDON, VA          4  6-10
    138  RHETT FORNOF      PARK CITY, UT        4  5-07
    139  MARK ROUSE        LEAGUE CITY, TX      3  5-02
    140  WILL JEFFERIES    BOUNTIFUL, UT        3  4-11

SOURCE FLW Outdoors