Looking for Deals on Tackle? Come to the Forrest Wood Cup

Fans get to test the latest baits from Zman at the FLW Expo. Photo by Brian Lindberg.

August 11, 2014 • Curtis Niedermier • Archives

Looking for Deals on Tackle? Come to the Forrest Wood Cup

While the pros are on the water at Lake Murray, making money in the Forrest Wood Cup, fishing fans in attendance at the FLW Expo will be saving money thanks to great Cup-only deals from FLW sponsors and vendors.

Even if your wallet is feeling a little light these days, there’s definitely no need to go home empty-handed. Many of FLW’s sponsors are hauling in truckloads of freebies.

Bring a bag. Bring two bags. Get there early. The Expo opens at 10 a.m. starting Friday. You’ll need plenty of time if you want to see everything that 140 exhibitors will have on display (not to mention taking in a fishing seminar and getting autographs from FLW pros). Bring your appetite, too, because 35 of South Carolina’s top barbecue teams will be serving up some chow at the inaugural Bass & BBQ festival on Saturday and Sunday.

To help you orchestrate your tackle-buying attack, we put together this list of retailers, exhibitors and sponsors who’ll be on the Expo floor, with a preview of some of the great deals to be had.

You can’t afford to miss this opportunity.

Retail Vendors with Expo Specials

FLW Tackle Shop
- FLW members get an additional 10 percent off total purchase.
- Ardent spinning combos starting at $39.99
- Typhoon sunglasses starting at $54.99
- Livingston Lures: Buy two, get a free sticker (while supplies last).
- Dobyns Rods available at the lowest prices anywhere
- Falcon Rods: free hat with purchase (while supplies last)
- Duckett Fishing Rods: free gift with purchase (while supplies last)
Sportsman’s Warehouse
- TroKar Hooks: three packages for $10 (while supplies last)
- Denali Jadewood rods: Buy one, get one free (while supplies last).
- Cashion Rods: $30 off plus a free hat (while supplies last)
- Z-Man: Buy three, get a free hat.
- Spend $75 or more and receive a free four-month subscription to the digital version of FLW Bass Fishing magazine.
- Giveaways include: Costa Del Mar sunglasses, hats, guided fishing trips with Playin Hooky Striper Guide Service and more
Camping World
- Free bike bag with purchase of six-speed folding bike (while supplies last)
- Charcoal or brown Quik-fold Tables: Buy one, get one free (while supplies last).
- Good Sam Roadside Assistance: New members save $20 on a one-year membership.
- Join or renew your Good Sam membership for two years for $50 and receive a $25 merchandise certificate.
Rattle Head Baits
- Rattle Head Baits starting at $2.99
Sewell Custom Rods
- Sewell S1 rods $99 each, two for $89 each, or three or more for $79 each
TH3 Legends
- T-shirt and cap combo for $24.99
- Gear bags for $24.99
- Luggage for $99.99
Snow Lizard
- SLXtreme iPhone and iPad cases 15 to 50 percent off
Clemson Bass Team
- Clemson bass fishing T-shirts for $15
- Clemson bass fishing hats and visors for $20
- Clemson bass fishing insulated can sleeves for $5

Additional Retail Vendors

7 Fifteen Baits
ALX Rods
American Fishing
Average Joes Entertainment
Billy’s Wood Works
BOOYAH
Bruiser Baits
Buck Knives
Carhartt clothing
Custom Crafted Silhouettes
Black Knight Industries
Easy2Hook USA
FishStyx Rods
Fitzgerald Rods
FRESHeTECH
Gamma Fishing
Green Fish Tackle
Kistler Rods
Lee’s Global Tackle
Lil’ Anglers LLC
Local Boy Outfitters
Motormate USA
Nichols Lures
PRADCO
Punisher Lures
Reel Gals
S.A.W. Jewelry Design
Seriously Clean
Shane’s Baits
Southern Drift Apparel
Sunsect
T-H Marine
The Hook Safe
Tightlines UV Lure Company
Wackem Crazy Baits
YUM

Show Exhibitors

97.5 WCOS
Academy Sports
Alabama Bass Trail
Allen Decoys
American Tackle Company
Anglers at USC
Bath Fitter
BedRug
BoatUS Angler
Boy Scouts of America
Columbia
Daisy Outdoors
Defenders for Children
EdVenture Children’s Museum
Fierce Products
Fish House Lures, LLC
Fish-D-Funk
Fishers of Men
Fishing University
Gene Larew Lures
Harvest Hope
Hullspeed Performance Marine Coatings
Info Screen Printing and Graphics
Lake County, Florida
Lake Murray
Lance Camper
LeafFilter North of North Carolina
Lip This Apparel
Luck-E-Strike
McCoy Fishing
Mount Pleasant
Mud Hole Custom Tackle
Okuma Fishing Tackle
Outdoor Dream Association
Rigid Industries
Rocky Brook Sinkers
SUM Bible College & Theological Seminary
South Carolina Barbecue Association
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
South Carolina Sportsman Magazine
South Carolina State Parks
Stan Sloan Zorro Baits
Stratos Boats
The State Newspaper
Triton Boats
UnderCover, Inc.
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Visit Lake Norman
WNKT-FM

FLW Sponsor Exhibitors

Castrol
Chevy
Dingo
Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee
Evinrude
Folgers
George Foreman
iON
Kellogg’s
Keystone Light
Lowrance
Mercury
Ranger Boats
Rayovac
Repel
3M ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape
Snickers
Straight Talk Wireless
Walmart

FLW Associate Sponsor Exhibitors

Boat Bling
Bridgford Foods
Cheez-It
Damiki Fishing Tackle
Fishidy
Frabill
Frosted Flakes
Igloo
Jif
Lew’s
Livingston Lures
Minn Kota
MotorGuide
Motorsports Designs
Pickens Plan
Plano
Pop-Tarts
Power-Pole
Pringles
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats
Shop-Vac
Smucker’s Jam and Jelly
Strike King
The Bass Federation
Typhoon Polarized Optics
Z-Man Fishing Products

Bass & BBQ Vendors

All Smoked Up
Backwoods Bar-B-Que
Bad Mother Smokers
Bayou Barbecue
Big Dick’s BBQ
Blind Swine BBQ
Blowin’ Smoke
Buckwheats BBQ
Bucky’s BBQ
Bush Hawg BBQ
Butts “R” Us
Carolina Barbeque Company
Carolina Squires
Doko Smoke
East Coast Smoke
Elite BBQ Smokers
Fat Tom’s Backyard Barbeque
Firetower BBQ
Gus Boys BBQ
In the Army Q
Ledyard Bar B Que Co.
Merry Oaks BBQ
Mo & Joe’s BBQ
No Pig Left Behind
On The Spot BBQ
Palmetto Smokehouse
Pork Fat Rules
Que’D Up
Rootin Tuten’s BBQ
Smokin’ Stacks
Southern Flame
Southern Que-N-Stew
Swine Time
Three Cuzins and a Grill
Ultimate Tailgaters BBQ
Up in Smoke