Thrift doing what he does

Bryan Thrift did not win Angler Of The Year because of luck or chance...no sr. Yes I agree he might be a lucky guy, but Bryan can down right catch'em every where he goes. He is as good of angler at breaking down a body of water as any person I have ever shared a boat with. I got to spend much of this year fishing with him and also pre-fished with him a bit for the upcoming Forrest Wood Cup here on Lake Lanier. I have learned a lot from Bryan and appreciate all he has done to help me grow as an angler. Here is a short clip of him catching a spot that goes almost 3lb's on my favorite bait that I got to teach him how to fish.....maybe. Not sure if I can teach Bryan much of anything he doesn't already know...that is what scares me. This is the caliber of competition out here on tour-when you get to the top!

Update on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 11:43AM by Matt Peters

Bryan had a great showing and finish at the Forrest Wood Cup.  Congrats on the 10th place finish bud!  He utilized a few of the techniques we practiced together to get himself a top 10.  The drop shot was a key element in this event. 

Pre-Fishing Lake Guntersville

I am currently in Alabama pre-fishing for the final FLW Tour event of the season on Lake Guntersville.  I have been very fortunate to get to spend days on the water with some of the worlds best anglers.  The picture above is from pre-fishing today with Bryan Thrift.  Do you like his "Captain" pose?!  Bryan is leading the "Angler of the Year" race by almost 25 points.  Not an easy feat.  Bryan has taken me in and helped me out a lot this year.  To learn more about what makes this guy tick read this great article flw recently wrote. 

Another guy who has helped me a lot is Michael Bennett.  Michael has been nothing short of a crutch.  If I need anything, one of these two guys has my back.  Thank you to both of them for having patience with me.  Tomorrow Michael and I will be pre-fishing together and you can watch us on the water pre-fishing LIVE!  Otherwise visit www.basstacklesupply.com and click the "watch live practice" link and you will see Michael and I hard at it tomorrow.  Hopfully you even get to see us catch a few of these Guntersville donkeys.       

This is a picture from day one of pre-fishing with Thrift. 

This "derby" is probably the biggest event of my entire fishing career...lets just skip the probably.  This event will have the biggest impact of any one single event of my entire fishing career.  I am fishing for multiple things.  First, I am fishing for a berth to the FLW Cup at Lake Lanier in August.  Only the top 30 anglers(out of 150) in points get invites and I am 21st overall with just this event left on a great season that included two top 20's.  That in of itself is a huge accomplishment.  I set out at the beginning of this year with that goal on my mind.  5 days from now I will know if I have acomplished that goal.  Between now and then I have 3 days of tournament fishing on one of the best lakes in the country.  This lake is rich with bass, and many of them are grown...aka Donkeys(big bass)!  I also have a few other accomplishments I am pursuing.  A top 10 finish here could land me the "rookie of the year" award.  Not to mention I am going to go for the win here in the final flw tour event at Lake Guntersville.  This event is setting up pretty well for me.  Let's hope the fish are choking what I am throwing.  Updates, pictures, and videos from this entire week are coming soon.  Until then I am off to stretch the string and yell FISH ON!  Let the crush begin.....