columbia river FLW tourney question

[andrey]

every year here in Washington state we have the Walmart Flw tourney on the columbia river. i get really excited for it because i hope to see some big names on the water , well the pros dont show up(mike,kevin,skeet,etc etc). WHY NOT. is there not enough money? it pays 125000. are they too pansy to actually have to work hard and search for bass. someone fill me in. I think they make alot of money and are scared that their reputation will get ruined by getting outfished by a local 14 year old girl. yes i am a little angry, dont get me wrong i just want to see some big names come out because i like them. I think they are great fishermen but come on its easy to catch bass when the water is always 66.5 degrees.

[WCCT]

Well, we won't be having it anymore up here. At least for a couple of years it looks like. FLW pulled its Columbia river stop from their line up. It was poorly ran this last year as far as location and time of year goes. Those geniuses move it from Tri Cities (Richland) which can hold a tournament of that size very easily to Umatilla, which has dock space for 1/4 of the boats. What a brilliant move that was! Skeet, KVD and the others, fish B.A.S.S mainly so they wouldn't travel all the way out here unless it was part of the Western swing on that circuit. I think it would make for a great tournament up here, that's for sure. Those guys are good! Verey good. They could catch them up here, no doubt.