ROD, REEL and ROMANCE
Was it fate? Angler ‘met the right gal' at 2006 Sooner Run

 
By Ed Godfrey
Published: May 27, 2007

An Oklahoma angler won the Bassmaster American last weekend.

Surprised? Join the club. Few people knew it. Not even BASS officials.

Californian Fred Roumbanis , who cashed a $250,000 check for winning BASS' first major tournament of the season, has been living in Broken Arrow since February and plans to make Oklahoma his permanent home.

"I'm a Cali-Okie,” Roumbanis said. "It's not a well-known fact.”...


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