Converging on Tulsa

The migration has begun. Big Show, Ike and college champion Matt Lee are among the Bassmaster Classic Competitors who posted about Tulsa travel plans yesterday. I trust several others will move that way today and that  by tomorrow, most (if not all) of the field will be in Tulsa or at least en route. I'm not sure when they have to arrive or when official Classic practice begins, but the real thing starts a week from Friday, so you can trust it's all seeming very real to all the anglers who are headed to the dance.

Meanwhile, media folks, pro anglers, fans and the host of folks from companies that will take part in the show that accompanies the Classic are scrambling to get things done at home and to prepare for the main event, with their own travel plans not that terribly far away. I know I am. I leave a week from today, and by this time next Wednesday I'll most likely be in Alabama. When I look at stuff I'd like to accomplish before then, a week doesn't seem very long.

Making things ever more real, the first day of competition is now on the Tulsa 10-day forecast. High of 54. Low of 31. Big variances in the highest highs and the lowest lows between now an then though, with conditions ranging from warm sunshine to snow. We'll see soon!