My Resume

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My Background

     My Name is Brett Tryon, I just turned 19 years old. My grandfather taught me to start fishing at the age of two, and at the age of 5 I knew I wanted to be a professional BASS Fisherman. I started teaching myself the sport at the age of 12 when my mom would drop me off at ponds to fish, here I learned many new techniques but it wasn't enough for me. So back in 2004 I joined the Loyalhanna Bassmasters, the guys in that club have taught me more than I ever could imagine about the sport of bass fishing. I'm still on the quest for knowledge about the sport every day and I try to share everything I have learned along the way.

Here in Western Pennsylvania lakes are small and hard to come by leading to intense competition for spots during tournaments. There aren't many limits brought in up here even for the best of the local fishermen. I have been fortunate to grow as a bass fisherman under these conditions, it has taught me to adapt to changing conditions. My ability to adapt, I think, is why I continually win more and more tournaments every year. In every tournament I go to I fish at a level of 110% effort and since I started using my boat last year things have been getting easier and easier for me.

Contact information:

Brett Tryon

bdTryon0@frostburg.edu

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Mission:

To promote youth in fishing and to become a professional angler myself by increasing my knowledge through larger tournaments. On the path to professionalism in fishing I will promote all Sponsors future and present and upon doing so will endorse their products at the best of my ability. I share my knowledge with anglers worldwide currently and will continue to do so in the future by teaching seminars and by taking youths under my wing to teach them the fundamentals, ethics, and sportsmanship in bass fishing. Conservation is also a large topic I promote, in my mind it is one of the biggest problems facing society today.

Goal:

To become a professional Angler on the BASS tournament trail

What I can do for my Sponsor:

I can attend shows and/or teach seminars in my local area at their discretion.

Plaster their product and logos all over my Tournament shirts, vehicle, boat, and personal websites.

Fish any tournaments and/or related events they ask of me, within reasonable boundaries.

Throw in good words for them via word of mouth to potential buyers of their products.

But it mostly comes down to what my sponsor wants me to do gets done, under reasonable boundaries.

Fishing Organizational Enrollment:

Member of BASS: 2000 - present

Member of PA BASS Federation: 2004 - 2006

Member of PA BASS Federation Nation: 2006 present

The TBF (The Bass Federation, FLW affiliated) took over the PA BASS Federation in 2006 (I believe that's the year they did it), that's the reason that I became a Member of the PA BASS Federation Nation, I wanted to stick with BASS.

Club Accomplishments:

Founder and President of the Loyalhanna Jr. Bassmasters (15 yrs old) 2004-2006

Youth and Conservation Director for the Loyalhanna Sr. Bassmasters: 2006-present

Loyalhanna Jr. Bassmasters Angler of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2006

Loyalhanna Sr. Bassmasters Angler of the Year in 2008

2nd place angler of the year in 2007

Tournament Fishing accomplishments

2004: First Year of Fishing Tournaments, only one remarkable finish and that was a first place finish at Lake Erie Dunkirk, NY.

2004: Won all Loyalhanna Jr. Bassmaster Tournaments (6 tournaments)

2004: 8th place Angler of the year Loyalhanna Bassmasters, 1st place AOY Jr. Bassmasters

2005: Won all of the Loyalhanna Jr. Bassmasters Tournaments (8 total)

2005: 1st place Lake Erie Dunkirk, NY Loyalhanna Bassmasters

2005: First Time making State Teams

2005: 1st place Loyalhanna Bassmasters Loyalhanna Lake

2005: 5th place AOY Loyalhanna Bassmasters, 1st place AOY Jr. Bassmasters

2006: 1st place Loyalhanna Lake Loyalhanna Bassmasters

2006: 1st place Mon River @ Frederick Loyalhanna Bassmasters

2006: 1st place Yough Dam Loyalhanna Bassmasters

2006: 4th place Potomac River Junior invitational (caught the only limit)

2006: 16th place State Team Tournament Mon River @ 10 mile

2006: 2nd Place Angler of the Year Loyalhanna Bassmasters, 1st Place AOY Jr. Bassmasters

2007: First Year I was able to use my boat, tournaments as a co angler will be marked

2007: 9th place State Teams Mon River @ 10 mile (co angler)

2007: 1st place Yough Dam Loyalhanna Bassmasters

2007: 1st place Mon River @ Frederick Loyalhanna Bassmasters

2007: 9th place Mon River @ Southside Region 1 Tournament

2007: 5th place KBBC Mon River @ 10 mile (KBBC is a local team tournament series, my partner and I were the youngest team on the field of 105 boats)

2007: 7th place @ the PA State Classic held at Raystown Lake (I led after the first day) , because of this finish I became the youngest guy from PA to qualify for a divisional team. I will be fishing the divisional at Kerr Lake in VA in fall 2008

2007: 1st Place AOY in Loyalhanna Bassmasters, youngest guy ever

**for club tournaments I only added the 1st place tournaments, I didn't keep track of other places **

Planned Tournament Circuits for 2008-

Divisional Team Tournament @ Kerr Lake

All PA State tournaments including regionals, the classic, Mr. BASS, and State Teams.

All Loyalhanna Bassmaster Club Tournaments

Any other local tournaments that happen to come up.

Education:

Currently

Frostburg State University

Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, 2011

Honors Program

Cumulative GPA - 3.65

Recent Education:

Greater Latrobe Senior High School, May 2007

Latrobe, PA

GPA : 3.45

Current Employment:

Full time Student at Frostburg State University

Freshmen Year

17 credits in fall 2007 and in spring 2008

Courses including:

Biology 149

Physical Geography 109

Psychology 101

Freshmen orientation - "A Green Society"

College Algebra

Biology 150

Chemistry 101

Dance Appreciation

IDIS 150 - "Experiencing Appalachia"

English 101 -Freshman Composition

Latrobe KFC

I cook, clean, take orders, pack orders, and was offered a team trainer position and also a shift manager position but declined because of enrollment in college.

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