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Grass-Roots
Bass Fishing Series Offers Competitive Local Tournaments,
Qualifying
Path for Toyota Bassmaster Team Championship and 2015 Bassmaster Classic
(January
2, 2014) -- Premium-quality American fishing rod manufacturer Cousins
Tackle Corporation has joined forces with the Top Stick Tour, sponsoring this
one-of-a-kind bass fishing tournament series that kicks off its 2014 season on
January 25 at Castaic Lake, one of Southern California’s premiere trophy bass
waters.
The Top Stick Tour is designed to bring
low cost, high-quality bass fishing events to tournament anglers across
Southern California. As part of this
tour’s unique format for 2014, the first 50 people who sign up for Top Stick
membership will have their Bassmasters Team Championship entry included (an optional
$10 thereafter) — including a subscription to BASS Times worth more than
$20. This format will provide one team
for every 50 participating two-man teams a chance to quality to fish the 2015
Bassmasters Classic — the world’s most prestigious bass fishing event. One or more of the Top Stick teams will be
sent to the Team Championship where they will fish against other teams from
across the nation for a chance at a Classic berth. The top three teams from that event will be
split into six single anglers and the winner will be invited to fish the 2015
Classic.
The Top Stick Tour was created to
attract the best bass fishermen from the Southern California region and provide
them with a series of competitive, challenging events close to home. “This is a great match for Cousins Tackle, as
our series of premium quality, American-made bass rods is designed to help the
best bass anglers perform at an even higher level,” said Bill Buchanan, Cousins
Tackle President. “Every Cousins bass
rod is hand-crafted in our Huntington Beach, California factory by rod-building
experts, using state-of-the-art materials, the finest components and meticulous
attention to detail. And at the heart
of each Cousins bass rod is a blank developed with input from California’s best
anglers, with actions fine-tuned for a variety of specific bass tackle and
fishing techniques,” added Buchanan.
“We couldn’t be happier to have Cousins
join our family of prestigious sponsors,” said John Barron, Top Stick Tour
President. “The Cousins bass rod line
is truly impressive, from top to bottom.
When you tour their factory, you immediately recognize that they
understand the mindset of competitive bass fishermen, and their desire for
‘just the right tool’ for every fishing style.
I was equally impressed with the size and scope of their operation —
Cousins is clearly a solid company that is in it for the long haul,” added
Barron.
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The Cousins Tackle bass rod line includes
dozens of spinning, casting and specialty models crafted from IM-8 and High
Modulus graphite blanks to optimize angling performance — and make the world’s
best bass fishermen even better. These
rods are available exclusively through a growing network of authorized Cousins
Tackle dealers across the country — including 16 premium tackle retailers in
California (with more to come).
To learn more about the 2014 Top Stick
Tour and upcoming events, visit www.topsticktour.com
and Facebook/topsticktour. For more information about Cousins rods for
bass fishing — or the company’s complete line of premium quality, American-made
rods for fresh and saltwater fishing, contact Cousins Tackle Corporation at
(714) 893-0423 or visit www.cousinstackle.com
About Cousins
Tackle Corporation
Cousins Tackle Corporation is run by
real-life cousins and fishing industry legends Bill Buchanan and Wade
Cunningham, who together helped create iconic brands including Sage, Seeker,
Fenwick, Sevenstrand, Berkeley, Spiderwire, Stren, Abu Garcia, Abel and
Shikari. Cousins manufactures a full
line of premium quality rods for most styles of fresh and saltwater fishing, as
well as a selection of proven trolling lures and skirts, all in its Huntington
Beach, California facility. American
made Cousins products are available nationwide through select independent
fishing tackle retailers.
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