Byron Paul Velvick (born June 24, 1964) is an American professional angler, television personality, and sportscaster.
[3] He retired from professional fishing at the end of the 2016 season, to spend more time with his family.
[4] In September 2004, Velvick and Jay Overbye, a 40-year-old real estate agent from New Jersey were selected as candidates for the bachelor for Season 6 of the United States television show The Bachelor, with only Velvick continuing on for the rest of the season.
Delgado, who moved to the US with her parents from Cuba when she was a year old,[6] had been a contestant the previous autumn during the series' 4th season.
[7] During the finale show that aired during Thanksgiving week 2004, Velvick asked Mary Delgado to marry him in Spanish in order for her parents to be able to understand his proposal.