Congratulations to Ron Hobbs Jr!

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Permalink Reply by C-RIDE on August 9, 2010 at 9:53am

Dude! I think we all knew that you are a Stud, but holy crap! You are very good at what you do. It's an honor to have received so many ass-wopins fishing tournaments against you. Great job Ron!

Permalink Reply by Rodney Heupel on August 9, 2010 at 9:44pm

Ron, most guys who want to ride in a Blackhawk are willing to go through the hell of basic training and have guys in smokey bear hats yell at them. You did it by catching fish, great job!

Permalink Reply by RFatt16 on August 10, 2010 at 1:24pm

Congrats Roy, That was an awesome run. Hope to see you on that stage next year as well. As for the local tournys......you can just be too busy to fish them. LOL

Permalink Reply by David Sexton on August 10, 2010 at 2:39pm

The milkman allways delivers!Greatjob RON!!!

Permalink Reply by Joel on August 10, 2010 at 10:09pm

I'd like to echo everything you said, Marc: a hearty, heartfelt congratulations to Ron and his entire family. I know that many of you watched the weigh-ins on FLW Live and read some of what we all wrote about the FWC, but there were so, so many neat things that happened during the course of the tournament, I wish every one of you could've seen what I saw.

First and foremost, Junior is a sincerely good dude, and he handled the craziness of this event as though it was just another day on Lake Washington. One particular example really struck me.

After the final-day weigh-in, the Top 6 all stayed onstage at the Gwinnett Center to sign autographs and greet the crowd. And, let me try to describe the word "crowd": that arena holds roughly 12,000 people, and there wasn't an empty seat in the house. People stood in line on the two ramps leading up to the main stage for a half hour for the opportunity to meet Hobbs, Ehrler, Meyer, Nixon, etc. Unless you've witnessed it, it's nearly impossible to believe just how MASSIVELY POPULAR bass fishing is in the South.

Junior was, in my opinion, the most approachable and sincere of all 6 of the guys who fished the final day. Ehrler, Nixon and Meyer are class acts, too, but Hobbs' kindness to the crowd would've made his mama proud. Whenever he was approached by a little boy or girl for an autograph, he'd get down on his knees or squat down so he could talk to them eye-to-eye. And he'd really TALK to them: "Hey, buddy, what's the biggest fish you've ever caught?"

I saw him do this repeatedly throughout the tournament, but, the final-day post-weigh-in scene was really cool. People really reacted well to him.

Of all the events I've covered over the years - the Oscar De La Hoya/George Foreman/Boom Boom Mancini fights, the Big Dance, the NBA, etc. - this was by far my favorite. By far. Thanks, Ron.

JS

Permalink Reply by J-Dawg on August 10, 2010 at 10:11pm

Great job Ron! It is awesome to see people from our neck of the woods fishing in these big tournaments! You did great Ron! Next year, they will all fear you! Great job!

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on August 11, 2010 at 7:00am

Ditto. What a class act!

Jon Sessler said:

Joel,

You have captured EXACTLY the guy I know.

Joel said:

I'd like to echo everything you said, Marc: a hearty, heartfelt congratulations to Ron and his entire family. I know that many of you watched the weigh-ins on FLW Live and read some of what we all wrote about the FWC, but there were so, so many neat things that happened during the course of the tournament, I wish every one of you could've seen what I saw.

First and foremost, Junior is a sincerely good dude, and he handled the craziness of this event as though it was just another day on Lake Washington. One particular example really struck me.

After the final-day weigh-in, the Top 6 all stayed onstage at the Gwinnett Center to sign autographs and greet the crowd. And, let me try to describe the word "crowd": that arena holds roughly 12,000 people, and there wasn't an empty seat in the house. People stood in line on the two ramps leading up to the main stage for a half hour for the opportunity to meet Hobbs, Ehrler, Meyer, Nixon, etc. Unless you've witnessed it, it's nearly impossible to believe just how MASSIVELY POPULAR bass fishing is in the South.

Junior was, in my opinion, the most approachable and sincere of all 6 of the guys who fished the final day. Ehrler, Nixon and Meyer are class acts, too, but Hobbs' kindness to the crowd would've made his mama proud. Whenever he was approached by a little boy or girl for an autograph, he'd get down on his knees or squat down so he could talk to them eye-to-eye. And he'd really TALK to them: "Hey, buddy, what's the biggest fish you've ever caught?"

I saw him do this repeatedly throughout the tournament, but, the final-day post-weigh-in scene was really cool. People really reacted well to him.

Of all the events I've covered over the years - the Oscar De La Hoya/George Foreman/Boom Boom Mancini fights, the Big Dance, the NBA, etc. - this was by far my favorite. By far. Thanks, Ron.

JS

Permalink Reply by S Hwang on August 11, 2010 at 9:45am

Joel said:

Of all the events I've covered over the years - the Oscar De La Hoya/George Foreman/Boom Boom Mancini fights, the Big Dance, the NBA, etc. - this was by far my favorite. By far. Thanks, Ron.

JS

Damn Joel where do I sign up for this job? Great writeup, and congrats Ron.

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