English Edition
September 25, 2005
Thunderstorm didn't affect much as we expected/ W.B.S. Classic 2006
It was W.B.S.’s 14th annual Classic opened at Lake Kasumi, Japan, from Sept. 24th to 25th. There should be 22 anglers competing the event, but some pre-qualified anglers also got their spots from AOY standing. Since the organization don’t go down the list of AOY to set all 22 angler spots, 19 anglers entered the tournament for this year. At last year’s Classic, they had a typhoon going over the lake; thus, the 1st day of the event was canceled. This year, there was another thunderstorm coming close. The anglers union and tournament officials discussed of whether they call it cancel or not. But they decided to open the DAY1. It was really windy, but 8 managed to make their limits. Yusuke Murakawa brought 7 fish for 5540g to lead the day. He said “I concerned about the wind, but it didn’t affect to my spots.” On the contrary, 2nd place Hideo Ebihara commented “I couldn’t do the things that I really wanted.”
