Fishing League Worldwide

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FLW

Type	Tournament Organization
Legal status	Privately Owned
Purpose	To provide a lifestyle experience that is the best in fishing, on and off the water.
Headquarters	Benton, Ky., Minneapolis, Minn.
Location	United States
Key people	Irwin L. Jacobs Forrest L. Wood Boyd Duckett
Staff	100+
Formerly called	FLW Outdoors

Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) was the world's largest tournament fishing organization. FLW ran five tournament circuits, four of which offered a path to the largest tournament in professional bass fishing – the Forrest Wood Cup. The organization's initials are taken from Forrest L. Wood, founder of Ranger Boats and developer of the modern bass-fishing boat. The FLW Tour championship - the Forrest Wood Cup - is also named for Wood. In 2007, the tournament was the first to offer a $1 million prize for the winner.

On November 8, 2019, Major League Fishing (MLF) announced that it had completed the acquisition of FLW. The newly created entity, MLFLW, LLC, is owned 100 percent by Major League Fishing, which in turn is owned 50 percent by The Outdoor Channel and 50 percent by Pro Bass Tour (PBT).^[1]