Practice Day One gallery

Follow your favorite Toyota Trucks All-Star pros during on first day of practice.

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<p> Top-seeded Casey Ashley gets Skeet Reese in a first-round matchup of the Evan Williams Bourbon All-Star Championship.</p>
Top-seeded Casey Ashley gets Skeet Reese in a first-round matchup of the Evan Williams Bourbon All-Star Championship.
<p> Ashley said he had several bites during his first few hours of practice. </p>
Ashley said he had several bites during his first few hours of practice. 
<p> Ashley said he had little trouble getting bites, but the size wasn’t what he was hoping for. </p>
Ashley said he had little trouble getting bites, but the size wasn’t what he was hoping for. 
<p> Ashley fights another small fish to the boat. </p>
Ashley fights another small fish to the boat. 
<p> Ashley works his way down a line of lily pads. </p>
Ashley works his way down a line of lily pads. 
<p> Aaron Martens will match up against Edwin Evers in the first-round. </p>
Aaron Martens will match up against Edwin Evers in the first-round. 
<p> Martens said he was the first boat out of the boat yard this morning. </p>
Martens said he was the first boat out of the boat yard this morning. 
<p> Martens takes a look at a long creek running from the main river. </p>
Martens takes a look at a long creek running from the main river. 
<p> Terry Sroggins will face Gerald Swindle in the first-round. </p>
Terry Sroggins will face Gerald Swindle in the first-round. 
<p> Scroggins was fishing near Cooters Pond early in the day. </p>
Scroggins was fishing near Cooters Pond early in the day. 
<p> Scroggins said he had lots of water to cover and prepares to make a move. </p>
Scroggins said he had lots of water to cover and prepares to make a move. 
<p> Scroggins takes a look at his GPS before taking his hole shot. </p>
Scroggins takes a look at his GPS before taking his hole shot. 
<p> There was little wind blowing on the first day of practice and a considerable chance of thunderstorms. </p>
There was little wind blowing on the first day of practice and a considerable chance of thunderstorms. 
<p> Gerald Swindle spins his boat in the middle of the channel to take a closer look at some offshore structure. </p>
Gerald Swindle spins his boat in the middle of the channel to take a closer look at some offshore structure. 
<p> Swindle stopped to explore the spot with a crankbait. </p>
Swindle stopped to explore the spot with a crankbait. 
<p> Swindle was changing baits often, and stopped to tie on a Carolina-rig. </p>
Swindle was changing baits often, and stopped to tie on a Carolina-rig. 
<p> Swindle rares back to make another cast. </p>
Swindle rares back to make another cast. 
<p> Terry Scroggins was working his way downriver on Day One of practice on the Alabama River. </p>
Terry Scroggins was working his way downriver on Day One of practice on the Alabama River. 
<p> Scroggins makes a stop to flip a stretch of shoreline vegetation. </p>
Scroggins makes a stop to flip a stretch of shoreline vegetation. 
<p> The two roomates, Swindle and Scroggins, stop to compare practice notes. </p>
The two roomates, Swindle and Scroggins, stop to compare practice notes. 
<p> Aaron Martens does a trim job on a frog. </p>
Aaron Martens does a trim job on a frog. 
<p> Martens had a deck full of rods and reaches in the rod locker for another. </p>
Martens had a deck full of rods and reaches in the rod locker for another. 
<p> Martens stops to eat an Alabama peach from nearby Chilton County. </p>
Martens stops to eat an Alabama peach from nearby Chilton County. 
<p> Mike Iaconelli was fishing structure just off the main river channel. </p>
Mike Iaconelli was fishing structure just off the main river channel. 
<p> Skeet Reese was throwing a crankbait shallow.</p>
Skeet Reese was throwing a crankbait shallow.