For years, when one major league talked about the other, it was usually phrased something like: "XX angler, who also fishes another national tour..." But FLW Outdoors emcees did introduce Takahiro Omori as a former Bassmaster Classic champion at last year's Forrest L. Wood (FLW Tour) Championship.
And FLW Outdoors recently issued a press release stating that Luke Clausen, at 27 years old, became the youngest angler ever to surpass the $1 million career earnings mark when he won the Bassmaster Classic. Note the specific reference to the Classic, rather than something like "another" or "the other" championship.
Did BASS reference, by name, Clausen's prior FLW championship win in any of its Classic coverage? Not that we could find, though we may have missed it. And in fact, Clausen's photo was noticeably absent from BASS's Classic homepage during the event.
> The FLW Outdoors press release touted Clausen as a member of Team Chevy. That deal, of course, was facilitated by FLW Outdoors.
> Before Clausen's Classic win, David Dudley held the distinction of being the youngest to surpass $1 million (he was a few days shy of 28 when he did it).
