April 7

Hello.   What a great & busy week! I've been in 2 FLW Tournaments and drew out and fished with some great co-anglers! I fished on Smith Lake in Jasper, Alabama. Had a great week, caught alot of bass and just came up a little short on the quality keepers. In the midst of all that was going on I even had the privilege of being the emcee at the BassFan Army Amateur National Championship! Well I hope you all have a great week, I'll be back in touch soon! Take care & God Bless you all!

March 31

Hello everyone!  I'm in the middle of a "living the dream" two week stretch.  I have just finished competing in a FLW Series event on Wheeler Lake in Alabama.  I was happy with the way the tournament progressed.  I was able to put together a pattern that enabled me to weigh-in a tournament limit of fish on the third day of the tournament.  I believe that with each passing competition my skills and knowledge are improving.  I am also feeling more and more confident in my ability to compete and win at this level.  Currently, I am practicing on Smith Lake in Alabama for this week's FLW Tour event there.  I'm looking to improve upon my 105th at Toho with a top 100 finish here.  Each tournament, I feel myself getting a little closer to breaking through and winning my first individual check in a national tournament.  With your continued prayers and support, I know it is just a matter of time before that happens. 

March 24

Hello to my wonderful fans! I hope you've all had a wonderful week! I certainly have, I've spent a few days at home with my family and even had the blessing of spending time with my nephews! Well I'm on my way to Wheeler Reservoir to prepare for my 2nd FLW Series Eastern Division tourney where hopefully next blog will have some good fishing news! Have a great week! God is Awesome! Happy Easter!

March 17

Hey everyone! I hope your week has been as good as mine has! I was able to practice on Smith Lake for my upcoming FLW tournament on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, then share my testimony and life story at Camden First Baptist Church, in Camden, Tennessee! Then I even had the chance to spend a few days with my family and young nephews before I start preparing for these next 2 big FLW's that are practically in my back yard! Have a wonderful week & God Bless you all!          

March 10

What a week.  I returned home from Florida where I competed in the first FLW Tour event of the year and got my season off to a good start.  Upon returning home, I began practicing for the next FLW Series Event and the next FLW Tour event both of which happen to be taking place near my home in Alabama.  I am getting to spend a lot of time on the water which always makes me smile.  I was also blessed with getting to meet with many wonderful people in Americus, Georgia where I spoke on Thursday night.  I hope everyone has a great week, and hopefully, I'll have some good practice reports for you next week.  Take care and God Bless you all! 

March 3

Wow!! What a week!! Thats about the best way I know to put it. I've been doing so many things in so many different cities it's hard to remember what day it is or where I live! It all started with a great trip to the 2008 BassMasters Classic where I was blessed with watching a close friend of mine win his 1st world championship! I had the great opportunity of working and representing my sponsors and making my new book "THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE IS JUST FINE" available! I left from there and went to the Flw Tournament at Lake Toho in Kissimmee, Florida. I thankfully got off to a great start and got very close to earning a great check! However I did earn a great amount of points towards earning a spot in the Flw Championship in August! Well have a great week! Take care and God Bless you all!     

February 25

Well

February 18

Well hello everybody! I hope you all have had a wonderful week. Mine was great, I had the privilege of speaking to the wonderful people of Killen, United Methodist Church and even got to do a few book signings of my new release titled "THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE IS JUST FINE"!! It's been a fabulous week and I'll be putting the final touches on my equipment to prepare for the FLW Tournament on Lake Kissimme & Toho next week!  This week, I will be making an appearance in Greenville, South Carolina on Friday for the BassMaster Classic.  If you are in the area, stop by, say hello, and pick up one of my books.   I will be happy to autrograph it for you.   Have a great week, God Bless you all! 

February 11

Well after returning from that unbelievable week last week, I've had the wonderful blessing of sharing my life story to the students of Saks High School, Alexandria High School, Hill Crest Baptist Church in Anniston, and Ebenezer Baptist Church in Florence, South Carolina! It has really been an incredible week and I've met some very special people who I know will be special friends for years to come! I am now back home for a few days rest and will be getting prepared for the 1st Flw Tour tournament in a couple weeks! I will be back in touch in a couple days, take care and God Bless!             

February 4

Wow! What a week it has been! Do you think you could fit trips to Bismarck North Dakota, Phoenix Arizona and Las Vegas Nevada together in a few days? Well I did it! I had the honor of assisting with the C.A.S.T. for kids event that was held in conjunction with the Super Bowl festivities in Phoenix (Glendale) Arizona then travelling on too Las Vegas for the SHOT Outdoor show and to visit with my Primary Sponsor, Intermedia & BassFan.com!  Take care and I'll be in touch in a few days! God Bless!

January 28

Hello everybody! I hope you all are doing really well! I can definetly tell I'm back in the swing of things to start off 2008! I have just gotten back from the 1st Flw Series tour event of 2008 and went from there too Bismarck North Dakota and had the wonderful blessing of speaking to the sweet people of New Song Church and even got to enjoy doing a fishing seminar at the Bismarck Sport show! It was a great 2 weeks and I'm getting ready for a very busy and exciting month! Take care and I'll be in touch in a few days! God Bless!

January 21
Well hello everyone! I am now at Lake Okeechobee practicing for the first FLW Series event of the year.  I am really excited to be starting another year on tour.  While it was nice to spend time with family and have some down time, this is what I love doing.  I am finding some places that I think that I will be able to scratch out a limit if the temperature doesn't drop too bad.  I had a good start to the year last year here, and I'm looking to improve upon that this year.  Hopefully, I'll have some great news to report next week.  In the meantime, please keep up with my progress on the FLW Team Tour Notes and Blog page or watch the weigh-ins live at www.flwoutdoors.com.  God bless you all!

January 14
Well hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I've had a wonderful week, things are going very well and I hope the same is happening for you.  I have had a full week with it being my last week at home before I start the 2008 FLW SERIES BP Eastern Division, and the FLW TOURS!  I've been having alot of fun testing my new Fenwick Rods and Abu Garcia Reels with the new Berkley fishing lines for 2008 and I must say they are just incredible! I've also been continuing to pack and organize my tackle and boat so I can leave for Lake Okeechobee!  And amongst doing all that I've been able to see our local Hamilton High School Aggies win a couple huge basketball games as well! Well I've got to get back to packing, I wish you all a great week and hopefully in my next blog I will be able to give you some good news that I'm catching some good ones! Take care and God Bless you all!  

January 7
Hey to all my friends, fans, and faithful supporters! I hope all of you had a great weekend. I certainly have had a good week, I've been building lures and baits and getting my equipment fine tuned and ready to go! It's down to only a few weeks and I'll be back out there on the tour doing what I love so much! I have also been getting to watch my favorite high school and college team win they're basketball games! Well it's time to get back to work, take care and I hope you have a Blessed week! May God Bless you all! 

December 31
Happy New Years to everyone! What a good week it's been in between Christmas and New Years. I've been experimenting with some new equipment that my wonderful sponsors sent me to use in 2008! And it amazes me how great these products are! I've even started making some of my own lures so I'm constantly tweaking and experimenting with them in preparing for 2008! I've also had the blessing of spending some great time with my family that I'm so thankful for. And, I've been able to see my Hamilton Aggies win some basketball games as well as watching Alabama's basketball team win! And to cap it off, my Crimson Tide won they're bowl game! I wish you all a safe, happy and prosperous New Year!! Take care, God Bless!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 
      
December 24
Its been another great week for me and I hope all of you are doing great! And anticipating a great Merry Christmas! I was able to go fishing a few days this week and even was able to catch several! It's been a very fun week! I also even finished up my Christmas shopping, yeah that's right I was pushing to the last minute! Well I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a great week! God Bless!  

December 17

Hello to all of my fellow fans and supporters! I hope you all had a great weekend. I've had a fabulous week! I've been helping my family do some remodeling and renovations to our home as well as working and continuing to get my boat and equipment ready to start the 2008 season which is quickly approaching! And I also had the wonderful blessing of speaking to wonderful congregation of First Baptist Church in Saucier, Mississippi! Well, I wish you all a great week and I'll be back in touch with you very soon! God Bless you all!

December 10
Hello! I hope everyone's having a wonderful day! I have had a great week and I hope you all have had as well. I have been continuing to get things prepared and ready to start the tour season in January! I think I'm also going to take a little time to go and do some deer hunting! I am also getting ready to have an opportunity to speak at a Church in Mississippi!  Until next week, take care and God Bless! 

December 3
Hey! I hope everyone had a wonderful week & weekend. I sure have! I have already started preparing for the 2008 Tournament year! I have also had a great time watching our High School varsity basketball team start out and for the first time in 10 years were undefeated after 4 games! I even went and watched some High School football state playoffs this past Friday night and its was a thriller of a game! Well have a wonderful week and I will be back in touch soon! Take care and God Bless!

November 26
What a wonderful week it has been! I hope you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I was able to spend the week with my family and my young nephews and niece came to visit me and with all my family around it was a wonderful time! I ate allot of great turkey, some wonderful sides and of course had some fantastic desserts! I think I'm going to be doubling up on my strength and conditioning workouts this week to compensate for it! I wish you all a great week! Until next time.... God Bless you all!

November 19
Hey to all of you, my faithful fans! I hope everyone is doing fantastic. I have had a wonderful week, I started the week by going fishing on Pickwick Lake, on the Tennessee River. I had a good day, catching several bass and even having a couple in the 4 lb. class! Overall it was a fun and wonderful week being able to have some time to spend with family and friends. I also am in the process of getting everything ready and prepared to start the 2008 season! And looking forward to a wonderful Holiday season with my family & friends! Well, have a great week and I'll be back in touch soon! May God Bless you all!

November 12
Hey you all! I hope you've all had wonderful weekends! I have spent this past week spending time with family and friends and have been very grateful to have the opportunity to do that! I also went to the Alabama Football game and unfortunately we got beat. I hope you all have a wonderful week and I will be back with hopefully some fishing stories next week! Take care & God Bless!

November 5
Well hello everyone! I hope you all have had a wonderful week! Everything is going great with me. I have had to work thru a few setbacks but thankfully everything's is back rocking on as good as I could want it to! I have had the wonderful opportunity of working with some wonderful young people thru our last event of 2007 in Cape Coral Florida with C.A.S.T., we had a great event with all our kids catching fish! Everything from snook, grouper, redfish and a few other species! All the kids received plaques, gift packs, a great meal and a lot of smiles to go with it! I also had the tremendous opportunity to appear on FOX 4 television to promote the C.A.S.T. event! I hope you all have a great week, and I'll be back in touch soon! May God Bless you all! 
 

October 29
I hope all of you had a fantastic week and are having a great Monday to start this week! I have had a tremendous week which included me having an opportunity to speak to the First Baptist Church & Greenwood High School in Greenwood, South Carolina. Then I also had the chance to speak to Walker Freshman High School in Walker, Louisiana. Both places were absolutely spectacular! After I returned home I was able to spend some wonderful quality time with family & friends as well as help coach my High School Football team to a huge win at home! Have a Blessed week and I'll be back in touch soon!

October 22
Well hey there! How are all of you, I am doing great and I'm having a fabulous week! I had the blessing of speaking to the wonderful people of First Baptist Church in Hartwell, Georgia along with spending time with my family & friends and working on getting my book ready to release! I hope you all have had a wonderful week and I'll be back in touch with you in a few days! Take care & have a blessed day!

October 15
Hey everyone! I hope all of you are having a great Monday. I have had a tremendous week, I was able thankfully to have a pretty solid practice last week for the Flw Series and then had some unfortunate things happen during the tournament that translated into a very dismal finish. But overall I had a great week catching a lot of fish and then thankfully got to have a lot of my family and friends at the tournament weigh-in! Then I came home Friday night and got to watch my High School Football team win a crucial game to get locked in to the Alabama State High School Playoffs! I hope you all have a great week, may God Bless you all! Take Care! 

October 8
Hey everyone! I hope you all have had a great week! I sure have, I've been able to spend some time with my family and get ready for my season finale FLW Series on Pickwick Lake in Florence, AL! I hope I can come back with a great report next week! Take care and have a great week! 

October 1
Hey to all of my friends, fans & supporters! I have had a great week and I hope you all have as well! I was able to spend some time with my nephews, and newborn baby niece! I also had the great opportunity to share with and meet three wonderful High Schools, Highland Home, LuVern & Brentley! All of which were just incredible! While I was speaking to these schools I was thankfully able to spend some time with some very close friends, thank you Wes & Kelly, Randy & Mr. & Mrs. Pouncey! And I even had the opportunity of experiencing my High School football team get another big win! Have a great week, I've got to get ready for my last FLW Series! Take care and God Bless you all!

September 24
What a week! I hope you all have had a tremendous week yourself. I had the blessing of being the VERY PROUD UNCLE of my first baby Niece! I have also been practicing on the Tennessee River for my upcoming and season finale FLW Series of 2007, the tournament will be October 10th-13th at McFarland Park in Florence, Alabama! In addition to that I also was able to see my High School football team earn a huge victory, and see first hand the Seattle Seahawks get a very exciting win over the Cincinnati Bengals! Go AGGIES & SEAHAWKS!! Take care! And God Bless you all!

September 17
Hey to all of my wonderful fans and supporters! I hope you all had a great week & weekend! I had a great week, I had the wonderful opportunity of speaking to the Taylorsville United Methodist Church, and what a real blessing! Also I've been continuing to prepare for my upcoming Flw Series tournament here in a few weeks! I also was very glad our High School football team pulled out a huge region win to help us toward our goal of making the Alabama State Playoffs! I hope you all have a great week! God Bless!

September 10
Hello everyone! I wanted to check and see how you all were doing, I hope this finds you doing great! I just got back from my Flw Series B.P. Eastern Division tournament on lake Champlain. I had a very good time and caught several smallmouth and largemouth bass! The weather was beautiful except for the actual tournament days which were very stormy and windy, I just had a very difficult time putting together a game plan for the better quality fish! I'm very thankful to get back home and start preparing for Pickwick which is my home lake! Take Care, God Bless you all!

September 3
Hello from New York.  I'm here preparing for the next FLW Series event.  Practice has been tough so far, but I'm still working hard to find the fish I need to get a finish in the money.   I hope each of you is having a great week, and I hope to report back next week with some good news from New York.  Have a great week!

August 20
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great week & weekend. I have had a tremendous week, I have been preparing my tackle and equipment for our next Flw Series BP Eastern Division tournament on Lake Champlain! I have also been coaching our football team getting them ready for their 1st game along with me sharing my life story and testimony at a few Churches, it's been a busy week but a great one! I look forward to another awesome week coming up! Take care & God Bless!

July 30
Hey there! I hope all of you had a great week and weekend! I have had a very good week, I have fished a few days (I'm trying to get allot better HAHA!) and have been enjoying spending time with family and friends and I'm even been getting ready to coach some High School football here in a few weeks. The fishing is very tough around here lately but I am getting plenty of practice with the ole' drop shot rig! I have got to get back to work, have a great week and I will be back in touch soon! God Bless!

July 23
Hello to all my fans & friends! I hope this week finds you all doing wonderful! I have had a fabulous week, I was on vacation with my family in Sand Destin, Florida. I was able to spend some great quality time with them which included my 2 young Nephews and my Brother & Sister-N-Law! We had such a fun and relaxing week being at the beach and pool, along with going to a great concert in Baytowne 2 different nights. We also ate too much great food! Check out my "Myspace" under (Clayton Dyer) and you can see some photos of our vacation. Well I hope you all have a great week, I've got to get back to work! God Bless you and take care!

July 16
Wow what a week! How are all of you doing.... I have had an awesome week! I just got finished with the season finale of the 2007 Flw Tour on the Detroit River in Michigan. What an incredible fishery! I had so much fun catching alot of big smallmouth bass and came within a single ounce of getting my 1st Flw tour check. Lakes St. Clair & Erie are so awesome but you better watch the wind as it can get brutal up there so fast! Thankfully I have a Ranger Boat with an Evinrude Outboard and some awesome Lowrance electronics! We'll I wish you all a great week, I'm going to bring you all back a surprise next week. Thanks again for your support!

July 2
Hey! I hope this week finds all of you doing well! It's been a great week for me, I have been spending some off time and enjoying being with my family and friends. As you may guess I've fished about all week! I took a few days and went to the famous Lake Guntersville and was able to catch some nice bass! I'm also getting ready to leave for the Detroit River in Trenton, Michigan for the 2007 finale of the Flw Tour, I hope the next time I have a good report for you all from there! Have a safe and fun July 4th! May God Bless You All!

June 18
Well I'm back!   Wow, I thankfully had one of the best performances with FLW this past week that I've had in my career. I had an opportunity to bring in a great limit of approximately 15 lbs., the sad part is I lost a 4 pounder and 2 more bass that were in the 3lb class before I was able to land 2 good bass that gave me 6 lbs 9 ozs for day 1. Then on day 2 I was able to have a good size limit by noon and unfortunately one of my bass shrunk about an 1/8th of an inch and I was able to weigh 4 bass for a total weight of 8 lbs 15 ozs.  I am very thankful to have a better performance this tournament and hope I'm building towards finishing out the season on a great positive ending. I hope you've all had a great week, God Bless you all! 

June 11
Hello everyone! I'm sorry for the delay, I have been waiting for internet access!  What a great week it's been! I'm in Maryland pre fishing for the upcoming Flw Event on the Potomac River.  I've had a very productive practice and have even had a look at the Capital and the Washington Monument  from the awesome waters of the river!   I'm going to keep on practicing and hopefully turn this practice into a great tournament.   I'll talk to you soon!   Back to pre fishing! God Bless!

June 4
I am enjoying being home for a couple of days before heading to the Washington DC area to prepare for the upcoming FLW Tour event on the Potomac River.  This past week was awesome.  I finished the week by fishing in the Seattle Seahawks charity fishing tournament to benefit CAST for kids.  I was fortunate enough to be purchased by Mike Flood, VP of Community Relations for the Seahawks in the auction on Friday night.  Mike brought Michael Boulware with him to fish with me on Saturday.  While the fish didn't cooperate, we had a blast!  I was really impressed by the large number of Seahawk players and staff who turned out to help raise money for CAST for kids.  Thanks to all who participated.  I have also receieved a ton of email from the kids at East Hills school.  What an honor and thrill it has been for me to read them.  Thanks so much to all who have sent me mail.  I really appreciate your support.

May 31
I am excited to be in Washington this week, and I am having a blast.  Today, I spoke at East Hills school in Renton.  The kids there were incredible.  This week I have visited Seattle's Pike Street Market and space needle before heading south to Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier.  It was an incredible experience to see Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Rainier is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.  Tomorrow, I will speak at a BBQ fundraiser for CAST for kids before being auctioned off for a day of fishing on Saturday.  I have been able to get some quality  R and R between speaking engagements here.   It has been a very nice break, but I am really getting fired up about going to the Potomac River and getting back into the competitive swing.

May 28
I am in Washington this week for several speaking engagements and some much needed R and R.  Last night, I spoke to the Washington BASS Jamboree.  The Jamboree is a very neat event where federation anglers bring there families to Banks Lake near Grand Coulee dam for a weekend of fishing and fellowship.  After my speech there I went to Grand Coulee dam and watched a Memorial Day laser light show which was conducted on the side of the dam and a fireworks display afterwards.  It was pretty cool.  This afternoon we had a scenic drive along the Columbia River as we headed over to the Seattle area.

May 9
I am excited to be in Arkansas for the second event of the FLW Eastern Series.  As you may recall, in the first event I had my highest tour level finish to date.  I am having a good practice, and I am optimistic that I can carry forward with my good start on this trail.  I am catching fish using some of my favorite techniques which always makes the competition even more enjoyable.  Thanks again for all of your support and well wishes.  Hopefully, we'll have some exciting news to talk about next week.

May 2
I am glad to be back home after a tough tournament at Lake Norman.  I really felt like I had the chance for a very high finish there, but the bite changed the first day of the tournament, and I just didn't figure that out soon enough.  I did have the pleasure of helping my buddy Hank Cherry out on the second day of the tournament when he experienced some mechanical difficulties.   Hank finished the first two days of the competition in first place and finished the tournament with his highest tour level finish.  With my assistance to Hank and after having experienced some mechanical difficulties of my own, I was able to fish less than half of the day on the second day of competition.  Accordingly, I was very happy to weigh in two fish.  I feel like if I had had the whole day, I would have been able to put together a limit.  I feel like I am beginning to fish better and to be more comfortable fishing at this level.  I am excited about what lies ahead.

April 30
Hey! What a busy week it has been! I just returned home this weekend from my FLW Tournament on Lake Norman and thankfully had a great practice and some awesome things happened while I was gone... I had the opportunity to meet several very nice people while in the Charlotte/Huntersville area. Also while I was there I had the blessing of sharing my testimony with the Greenwood Baptist in Florence, South Carolina... What sweet and loving people they were! I had a really good time while in North Carolina and now it's time to get ready for our 2nd Flw Series BP Eastern Division tournament on Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, Arkansas. Have a great week, I'll be back in touch soon!

April 23
Well, it's been another busy week.  My practice on Lake Norman is going very well.  I really think I started to figure the fish out the last part of the week.  Then on Saturday, I travelled to Florence, South Carolina to speak at a wild game dinner on Saturday night and a chuch service on Sunday.  Then, I returned to Lake Norman to resume my practice for the upcoming FLW Tour event here.  I'm looking for a break out performance here.  After winning my first tour level check at the PAA event on Lake Fork, I'm hungry for another one here.  Thanks again for your support and prayers.  Until next week...

April 16
Well hey everybody! I have just returned home from the AWESOME 1st Annual Toyota Texas Bass Classic on Lake Fork in Texas. What a week!! I had 3 phenomenal practice days and caught some BIG ones! Keep a watch out on CBS and Versus network on Mothers day for the tournament coverage and see the INCREDIBLE action!! I was fortunate to be in 3rd place on the "cut day" before being bumped out to finish in 6th place overall!! I'm now preparing to leave for my practice session on Lake Norman, in Charlotte, North Carolina for the 3rd FLW Tour event. Have a fabulous week! God Bless!!

April 9
Well hey everybody! I have just returned home from the AWESOME 1st Annual Toyota Texas Bass Classic on Lake Fork in Texas. What a week!! I had 3 phenomenal practice days and caught some BIG ones! Keep a watch out on CBS and Versus network on Mothers day for the tournament coverage and see the INCREDIBLE action!! I was fortunate to be in 3rd place on the "cut day" before being bumped out to finish in 6th place overall!! I'm now preparing to leave for my practice session on Lake Norman, in Charlotte, North Carolina for the 3rd FLW Tour event. Have a fabulous week! God Bless!!

April 2
Hello to all my fans!  I'm back at home and trying to get ready to leave again!  I absolutely had an incredible time up in Knoxville, Tennessee last week at the FLW tournament.  I was blessed to have a great experience while being there!  I caught a lot of fish and I caught them with the techniques I really like to use!  I hope you all have had a great week.  I have thankfully been able to spend some time with my family, and I even went back fishing as soon as I got home!  I did some "sight fishing" whish is looking at them on their spawning nests and trying to catch them.  I went and practiced this technique because I am fixing to be in a big tournament in Texas where I think they will be spawning.  I wish you all a great week, and I'll be back in touch in a few days!

March 26
This week I am in Knoxville preparing for the 2nd FLW Tour event of the season.  I am pleased with how my practice is going so far.  I don't think that it is going to take a lot of weight to achieve a high finish here.  Fortunately for me, I think that the bite on the lake is beginning to play toward my strengths.  I appreciate your prayers and support, and I am looking forward to what I hope will be my highest finish to date on tour.

March 19
How are all of my fans and supporters today! I'm doing really good!  I had a busy week. I've done several things from speaking at a Men's retreat in Shocco Springs, Alabama,  to speaking at a wild game fest in Cleburne, Texas, to finishing packing and getting my fishing tackle and Ranger Boat ready to leave for our 2nd FLW Tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee.  I will be leaving on Wednesday and starting a 6 day practice period.  Hopefully, when you hear from me next week I will be catching some nice Tennessee River Bass!  I hope you all have a tremendous week, and I will be back in touch soon!

March 12
Hey! How are my fans doing? I have had a terrific week! I have done quite a few things this week. I had the great opportunity to speak at the "ROCK" family worship center in Huntsville, Al. and also at Freedom Baptist Church in Laurel, Mississippi. Along with those events, I took some time to watch my Hamilton Aggies baseball team play and win a few games last week.  I also tried to get "ahead" on some work and even took some time to go fishing a little bit. I hope you all have had a great week and I'm off  to finish some work and get ready for another exciting week! Have a BLESSED DAY!

March 5
Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! Mine went very well,  I spent last week getting my boat and equipment prepared to go to our 2nd stop on the FLW Tour in Knoxville, Tennessee.  I also assisted D&D Marine at the "Big Toys for Big Boys" boat show at the Regency Square Mall in Florence, AL.  I had a really terrific time and got to visit with some friends and fans and we sold some boats to top it off! Well I'm going to work some more on my tackle to get prepared for the tournament, have a great week and I'll be back in touch very soon! God Bless!!

February 26
Hey! How's everyone this week? I'm doing great! I have had a wonderful week and weekend.  I attended the Bass Masters Classic in Birmingham, Alabama. A close friend of mine came out victorious! It was a really awesome week to be able to be there for my great sponsors BassFan.com, Strike King Lures, Lowrance Electronics, Ranger Boats, Evinrude, Pflueger & All Star & X-Tools, Daiichi, Minn Kota, Plano,  and Keelshield. And to have the opportunity to visit with the fans made it a wonderful week! This week is going to be another awesome week and I will be back in touch to fill you in! Have a great week and thank you for taking the time to read this. God Bless!

February 19
Hello to you all!  I am off and going full speed ahead with the 2007 FLW tours!   I have just returned back from the Lake Travis tour event and will be attending the Bass Masters Classic in Birmingham, AL.   I had an opportunity at Lake Travis to have a great tournament but I had a couple key fish that got off but I'm going to keep working and turn the momentum around hopefully for the next tournament!   I have a full schedule this week and will be back in contact in a few days to let you know what's going on in my world! Have a great week and I want to thank each and everyone of you for your continued prayers and support, I can definitely tell you all are supporting me! 

February 12
As the tournament season and speaking season is into full swing now, I realize now more than ever that I'm living a dream.  Last Monday,  I picked up my new boat; Tuesday, I did a photo shoot for my book and a promotional video for organizations; Wednesday, I traveled to Texas; Thursday and Friday, I practiced on Lake Travis; Saturday, I spoke at the Bimarck Tribune Sporting Show; Saturday night, I led the Bismarck Bobcats Junior A Hockey Team in prayer before their game; and on Sunday, I spoke to New Song Church.  Today, I'm back at Lago Vista, Texas to resume practice.  My trip to Bismarck was incredible!   Everybody I met there was super nice.  I really got fired up getting to speak to the hockey team before their game Saturday night.  The game was quite entertaining.  The Bismarck Bobcats won the game in a shoot-out that went to 9 rounds before it was completed.  The team gave me a sweater that had been signed by all of the players.  It  will be a big hit back in Hamilton.  I could write a ton more, but dawn is breaking, and I have fish to find.

Thanks again for all of your support and prayers.  Knowing that you are there for me, helps me keep driving ahead.  Until next time... 

February 5
The year is truly off and running at warp speed.  This past weekend I was in Atlanta, Georgia for the Fisherama event there.  A special thanks goes out to Joey Mines Outdoors and Wendy's International for having me there as their guest.  While there, I caught a 6 lbs bass in the fish tank during one of my seminars.  I need to find one of those fish tanks on a lake somewhere.  Today, I am at D&D Marine in Tennessee picking up my new Ranger boat.  It is some kind of nice.  A special thanks goes out to Ranger Boats and D&D Marine for recruiting me to their team.   Tomorrow, I will be in Monroe, Louisiana doing a photo shoot for the cover of my biography and also filming a short inspirational message to share with various organizations when my schedule will not permit me to see them in person.  On Wednesday, I will be off to Texas to begin my preparations for the upcoming FLW Tour stop on Lake Travis.  This weekend I will be in Bismark, North Dakota for a couple appearances and speeches.  I'm told the high wil be 0.  That's pretty cold for a boy from Alabama.  Finally, we are still working hard to have my book ready in time for the Classic.  Thanks again for all of your prayers, support, and encouragement.  Until next week...

January 29
Hey everyone! What a great Monday it is, I hope all of you had a great week and weekend!  I want to first of all say "THANK YOU" for all of your support and prayers as I know you were all supporting me last week during the 1st FLW Series BP Eastern Division tournament at Lake Okeechobee!   I got off to a lot better start this year thankfully!   I could tell it was setting up to be a special week as I went thru practice... And I was blessed to be in a wonderful position after the second day to get a top 50 finish which thus far would have been the best I have had!  It was a very tough tournament more so than all of us "fishermen" expected!   I was thankful to catch what I did and now it's time to get on a jet and have a great opportunity of sharing my life story and my faith in God! And then I'll be off to Lake Travis in Austin, Texas to start off the main FLW Tour... I hope all of you have a great week and I'll be back in touch soon! 

January 22
"Welcome from sunny Florida.  I know that in most of the country it really
is winter, but here in southern Florida, there are fish already beginning the spring spawning ritual.  I am currently on Lake Okeechobee preparing for this week's FLW Series event, and I have never been more excited about the beginning of a season.  Thanks to the support of my sponsors, family, and friends, I have never been better positioned to succeed in my dream. Thanks again for all of your support and prayers.  Stay tuned to BassFan.com and flwoutdoors.com to follow my progress on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and hopefully Saturday.  I'll recap the tournament in next week's blog. 

January 15
Hello everybody! I hope you all had a wonderful week! My week has been very busy to say the least!  I am in the final steps of preparation to start competing on the FLW Tour & FLW Series BP Eastern Division. I also had the tremendous opportunity to travel to South Carolina and share my faith and life story to the wonderful people of Philippi Baptist Church and Belgi United Methodist Church. Both of these Churches were absolutely incredible and offered me the utmost in hospitality. I am now back home and loading my truck and boat and getting ready to leave for the wondeful town of Clewiston, Florida and the awesome Lake Okeechobee where I will begin practicing.  Hopefully, on my next report I will be able to tell you alittle about how things are going while I'm at the big "O"!! Thank you all for your continued support and prayers!

January 8
Hey to all of my fans and supporters!  I hope you all had a tremendous week. My week has been great and very busy!  I'm in the process of getting ready for the fabulous 2007 FLW tournaments to kick off... I will be heading out next week!  In the meantime I had a wonderful opportunity to speak and share my life with Calvary Baptist Church in Mississippi. What a tremendous 2 days it was!  I received a special blessing by being able to share with those people!  I hope all of you that are sports fans are ready to enjoy the National Championship football game Monday night between the Florida Gators & the Ohio State Buckeyes. I am looking forward to getting back in touch with all of you one more time before I leave and start fishing again! Thank all of you for reading this and supporting me! Have a great day and week!

January 1
I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Years!  I have had a tremendous week, from spending time with family to going to some basketball games, even going fishing and actually catching some,  This winter weather has made this a great week!  I started this week by spending Christmas with my family and getting to watch my two young nephews open their gifts with the utmost excitement. Then I came home and went too some of my alma mater's basketball games and thankfully was able to see them come out victorious!  I also have been playing with my fishing tackle like a kid with a new toy in preparing for my upcoming tournaments!  I hope you all have a wonderful week and I will be back in touch with you very soon!

December 25
Merry Christmas to all my fans and supporters!!  I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend and special Christmas! I have been like a "kid in a toy store" playing and going thru getting my fishing tackle, getting it organized and ready. I took a few days to go and test some lures also!   I had success on some of the awesome Strike King Lures, I caught some on our jigs, crankbaits, & plastics. I have also taken some time to help my family and friends prepare for Christmas dinners and celebrations! I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Years!!

December 18
Hello to you all!  I hope everyone had a great weekend. I have been up to a lot this past week!  I'm actually preparing my equipment and fishing tackle for the 2007 tournaments.  There's a whole lot to be done and I'm having alot of fun getting it all ready to go!  I have also been spending time with friends and family while I've had the opportunity to be home for a few days.  My father and I have attended some High Scholl Basketball games this past week and we have been very excited to see our home team pull out some big wins!  I even have been Christmas shopping!  I'm still working on wrapping the gifts though, ha, ha!  I hope you have a great week in preparing for the wonderful holiday season!  I will be back in touch with you in a few days.  I'm headed to slip out and do some fishing on these unseasonably warm days!  Remember there are only 2 weeks left to submit a question to  qnawithclay@smgoutdoors.com to be entered in the drawing for a free day of fishing with me next year!  Take care!

December 11
Good morning! I hope you all are having a great week!  I know I am, I have been very busy having fun if that's possible! I have been fishing the last few days, I celebrated a friend of mines birthday with them, and I attended the Alabama High School State Championship football games as well!  I have had a lot of fun and a relaxing few days these past few days. I had the awesome chance to go fishing with one of my fellow FLW Pro anglers on the Tennessee River, the fishing was great, I will have to put up some pictures from the trip if I can get them to download.  I hope you all have had fun and I look forward to visiting with you here in a few days as we approach the wonderful Christmas Holiday!  Be safe and take care, best regards!

December 4
Hey there everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I have had the privilege of going this past week and weekend to tour the Ranger Boats manufacturing facility. It's an incredible place!  I found out what makes them such a safe & wonderful boat!  I watched every stage of seeing one built first hand, spent a lot of time doing fun activities with my fellow Ranger Boat Pro-Team guys and even went and did some bowling with them as well! Then on my way back home I had the honor of meeting a young man in the hospital in Memphis, TN who had been diagnosed with brain cancer. This young man was 13 years young and miracously showed no signs of fear even considering he is fixing to go through surgeries and all the treatments he might be facing. Visiting with the young man and his family was truly an honor to see his determination and sheer will power to fight this dreaded disease... Well I hope everyone has a wonderful week, I'm getting  prepared to start the 2007 tournament trails. I will be back in touch with all of you very soon! 

November 27
Hello everybody! I hope you all have had a great Thanksgiving!  I sure did, I spent a few days playing with my little nephews and doing construction work around the house. I also took a few opportunities to go fishing and took a buddy of mine who I graduated High School with. He gave me a "lesson" and beat me pretty good!  I will have to get him back during Christmas when he comes back home. During this same week I also took time with my assistant High School football coaches to watch some state playoff games and wow were they some great games!  Have a great week and I will be back in touch in a few days!

November 20
Hey there everybody! I hope you all have had a wonderful week &
weekend.  I hope this day finds you full of happiness and success in all of your endeavors. I have had a wonderful week filled with allot of excitement and travel. I had the chance to travel to the beautiful state of Oregon to visit with my sponsor BassFan.com! I have been involved in and been a part of many different things in the past few days and weeks. And that is just a part of all the incredible things I get the opportunity to take part of being a professional angler. I want to say a special " thank you" to all of you, my fans who take time to visit my website and read my monthly newsletter! You all are very special to me and I hope as I move forward in my career I perform in a professional manner that will make everyone proud to be a fan! Thank you for your time and have a great week!

November 13
Hello to all my wonderful fans! I hope you all have had a great weekend! I have been continuing to stay very busy, I did take time to get on the awesome Lake Guntersville this past weekend. The weather was terrible but I managed to catch a few including one good one, I had the opportunity to go with my tournament trail roommate and his son. I just got in and I'm preparing to go on a trip to Oregon to visit one of my sponsors BassFan.com! I hope each and everyone of you has a great week and I'll be in touch with you when I return the week of Thanksgiving! May God Bless you!

November 8
Hey everyone! I hope your having a great week. I have been getting
things lined up and ready to go so I can go on tour in January for the 2007
season.  I have also been up at the FLW Stren Series Championship in Decatur, Alabama. It was a very exciting tournament, and I had an awesome time!  Ihope everyone has a great week and weekend, I will be traveling with my football team tomorrow as we prepare to play in the 1st round of the AHSAA state playoffs against the Tarrant Wildcats! Hopefully we will be able to come back with a big win!!

November 1
Hey everyone! I just had the opportunity to be at Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee. I attended the Strike King Lures outdoor writers convention. It was my first time as a member of their awesome Pro Team to attend this event. While we were there I was able to take a sneak preview of alot of our new lures and products for 2007. This week I will be travelling to Columbia, South Carolina and having the honor of sharing my testimony at a wild game dinner at a Church in Columbia! Have a great week and be safe!