Cup Qualified

The news has dropped....I qualified for the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Lanier the first week fo August.  I am going ot get to fish the largest bass tournament of my life...the world championship of bass fishing.  This is what I moved to Lake Lanier for, now I am going to get to live this dream for the next few weeks.

I had a year filled with lots of travel, hard work, and many emotional roller coasters; it all came to a pinnacle on my final day of the final event of 2010 FLW tour when I caught a 3 lber to give me a limit with 20 minutes to go in the event. Glenn Browne looked at me and said, "boy, you just punched your ticket to the forrest wood cup"....I was still very skeptical, and have had goose bumps for 72 hrs!  The top 30 get to go and I am 27th in points after the season finale! Here is the link to the final standings for 2010.

I can't thank everyone that has helped me along this journey enough.  Without all of your support, prayers, and all of my great sponsors I would not be able to do any of this.  I ask that you please support my sponsors because they are great products and companies.  They have all stood behind me, whether I was struggling or successful.  I know many of them could promote else where but believe in me, believe in my mission, and believe I am driven to represent them to the fullest.

This Forrest Wood Cup appearance will all be dedicated to my good friends the Stulc family.  I am going to fish in honor of my hero Brett Stulc.  He has been fighting cancer for the better part of two years and has given me so much inspiration.  I know he hasn't been able to fish for a bit now, but want him to know I am thinking about him every time I get on the water.  Soon enough he will get to enjoy some time on the water and fishwithmatt!  Brett you are a true hero and you will always push me to enjoy life to the fullest and never give up.  Brett you rock.  You define what a crush is.