Allen Tillery Chevrolet to host Wal-Mart FLW Tour Chevy Pro Night

Legendary anglers available for autographs Tuesday, July 31

In the zone: After an FLW Tour win several weeks ago Chevy pro Larry Nixon of Bee Branch, Ark., takes the lead in the FLW Series event on Lake Dardanelle. Photo by Rob Newell. Angler: Larry Nixon.

July 19, 2007 • MLF • Archives

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – As part of the festivities surrounding the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup presented by Castrol on Lake Ouachita, Aug. 2-5, Allen Tillery Chevrolet in Hot Springs will be hosting Chevy Pro Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 31.

Fishing fans will have the chance to swap tales with Team Chevy anglers Jimmy Houston, Larry Nixon, Luke Clausen, Kim Stricker, Dion Hibdon, Sondra Rankin and David Fritts. These anglers have accumulated 10 tour-level victories in FLW Outdoors competition alone. This team also boasts combined FLW Outdoors earnings of more than $3.5 million. In Hibdon, Clausen and Fritts, Team Chevy is also home to three of only five anglers in the history of the sport to have won both the FLW Tour Championship and the Bassmaster Classic.

These anglers will be signing autographs, posing for photos and offering advice to fishing fans from across the region during the two-hour gathering at Allen Tillery Chevrolet, which is located at 4573 Central Avenue in Hot Springs.

The first 100 fans attending Chevy Pro Night will receive a free FLW Outdoors hat. Additionally, fans can register to win fishing rods, fishing tackle a die cast Ranger boat and a $53,000 Ranger Z-Comanche bass boat powered by Yamaha to be given away Aug. 5 by the Sentinel-Record and Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Participants in the boat giveaway must be present during the final Forrest Wood Cup weigh-in at 5 p.m. in Summit Arena on Aug. 5 to win. Summit Arena is located adjacent to the Hot Springs Convention Center at 134 Convention Blvd. in Hot Springs.

Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Series, Stren Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Abu Garcia, Ranger Owners Tournament Championship Series, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series, Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series and Wal-Mart FLW Striper Series. These circuits offer combined purses of nearly $43 million through 241 events in 2007.

Wal-Mart and many of America’s largest and most respected companies support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails. Wal-Mart signed on as an FLW Outdoors sponsor in 1997 and today is the world’s leading supporter of tournament fishing. For more information about Wal-Mart, visit Walmart.com.

For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournaments, browse FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.

For directions to Allen Tillery Chevrolet, visit www.allentillerychevrolet.com or call (501) 525-4343.