Listen to FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart” this Sunday online or on the air as hosts Keith Lebowitz and Tony Casillas gear up for the Wal-Mart FLW Tour Championship presented by Castrol, which is scheduled to take place Aug. 11-14 on Alabama’s Logan Martin Lake. Pros who qualified to fish for the sport’s largest guaranteed cash award will be on the show, including last year’s championship winner, Team Castrol angler David Dudley of Lynchburg, Va., and Chris McCall of Jasper, Texas, who is making his first championship appearance this year. Rounding out the bass pros on this week’s show will be Team Tyson’s John Crews of Jetersville, Va., who will make his second championship appearance. The crew will also talk to country music sensation and 2003 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, Toby Keith.
Dudley has amassed more than $1.6 million in winnings while competing in FLW Outdoors events. He has qualified for every FLW Tour championship since 1997. This year he will face McCall in the first-round bracket of the shoot-out-style competition. Dudley, who has a knack for winning when the purse is high – he took home $700,000 from the 2002 Ranger M1 and $500,000 from last year’s championship -is the man everyone wants eliminated in the first round. Dudley will talk about how he plans to stay in the competition past day two and take home the big check once again.
The 2004 season was McCall’s second as a pro on the FLW Tour. He will talk about his plans to achieve what seems impossible – to knock Dudley out in the first round of the $1.5 million championship.
Crews, who has earned more than $115,000 and has had five top-10 finishes in FLW Outdoors events, will make his second FLW Tour Championship appearance in August. He will talk about how he plans to practice in the weeks prior to the event and about how it would feel to take home the $500,000 top prize.
David Vance, known as one of the best guides in Texas, will also be a guest Sunday. He will talk about the best places to fish in Texas during the hot summer days.
Keith – who released his 10th album, “Shock’n Y’all,” in late 2003 – will talk about his latest album and upcoming concerts. The Oklahoma native will also share some of his favorite tales from the outdoors.
“FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart” is broadcast throughout Texas and parts of Oklahoma every Sunday from 10-11 a.m. Central time and is rebroadcast every Monday from midnight-1 a.m. on 105.3 FM in Dallas. For those outside the Texas and Oklahoma markets who do not have KLLI 105.3 FM available to them, the show is available via an Internet link provided by FLW Outdoors. Listeners who would like to ask a question of any of the guests can e-mail the question to [email protected]. This week the show will air live from the Irving Wal-Mart Supercenter located at 1635 Market Place Blvd.
Each week hosts Lebowitz and Casillas assemble an exciting group of distinguished guests – from entertainers to sports-industry figures – to discuss a variety of sports- and outdoor-related issues. “FLW Outdoors Presented by Wal-Mart” brings listeners inside information on what’s new in the world of sports as well as what these celebrities do for fun when they’re off the stage or field and in the outdoors.
FLW Outdoors is the industry’s premier provider of sport-fishing tournaments, including the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, the world’s most lucrative bass-fishing circuit; the EverStart Series, known as the gateway to the FLW Tour; the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League for weekend anglers; the Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail; the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Tour; and the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye League for weekend anglers.By: Bill Petrowiak, FLW Outdoors
