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Three-time world champion Cochran joins RaZr Rods pro staff

SPRINGFIELD , Mo. — The fast-growing pro staff of RaZr Rods recently added one of bass fishing’s biggest names in three-time world champion George Cochran.

The veteran professional angler from Hot Springs , Ark. , has garnered $2,087,292 in career winnings, including two Bassmaster Classic championships and a Forrest Wood Cup title.

“We feel really blessed to have George come onboard our pro staff,” said Rick LaPoint, president of RaZr Rods. “To have a three-time world champion choose to fish with RaZr Rods says a lot about our products.”

Cochran cited quality and technique-specific design among his reasons for choosing RaZr Rods.

“Fishing rods are like golf clubs — you need to have one for each job you’re going to do,” he said. “RaZr Rods come in a wide variety of actions, power and applications so I can have one that’s perfect for crank baits, another that’s just right for worm fishing, another for topwaters and so on.”

After a storied career on the Bassmaster circuit, Cochran joined the FLW Tour in 1996. To date, he has pocketed $977,296 in FLW prize money. The Forrest Wood Cup title, worth $500,000, came in 2005 on Lake Hamilton in his hometown.

“That one was special,” he said. “To win a world championship at home with all of your friends and family there to share it — that’s something you never forget.”

Cochran is renowned as one of the sport’s best shallow-water anglers. He won his first Bassmaster Classic title in 1987 on the Ohio River at Louisville , Ky. His second came in 1996 on Lay Lake near Birmingham , Ala. , where despite the August heat, he located quality bass in an area so shallow and stumpy that camera crews couldn’t follow him.

Cochran began fishing the Bassmaster circuit full time in 1980. Over the next 27 years, he competed in 244 events, qualifying for 21 Bassmaster Classic championships and placing among the top 10 in a dozen Classics.

Since joining the FLW Tour, he has qualified for eight Forrest Wood Cup championships and placed in the top 10 twice, included the victory in 2005.

Most recently, Cochran has launched a guide service on the waters of the Arkansas River and its backwaters in south Arkansas , where he developed his shallow-water skills and has continued to hone them throughout his career.

“Two things I have always loved to do is fish the Arkansas River and teach other people how to fish,” he said. “Guiding allows me to do both. I’m really enjoying it.”

RaZr Rods are extremely high modulus, American-made rods backed by a lifetime unconditional warranty. Complete information is available online at www.razrrods.com.

Razr Rods LLC
3322 S. Kimbrough
Springfield, MO  65807
Phone: 417-861-3899
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