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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APRIL-MAY 2021 | VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 3
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PHOTO BY JD BLACKBURN
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FEATURES

CONNELL THE CHAMPION 36
THE DECISIONS THAT LED TO A REDCREST TITLE — Joel Shangle
SWIM JIG LEGEND 46 THE STORY OF TOM MONSOOR AND HIS PERFECT CREATION , DECADES IN THE MAKING — Joe Balog
GO WITH THE FLOW 54 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SPRING RIVER BITE IN THE SOUTH — Sean Ostruszka
MASTERS SERIES 62 SHAW GRIGSBY ON SIGHT FISHING — Ken Duke

UP FRONT

FIRST CAST — Joel Shangle
6
FISHING EXPOSED
8
SOLUNAR TABLES
14
THE FRONT PAGE
16

COLUMNS

NEWELL ’ S NOTES — Rob Newell
22
BALOG ON BASS FISHING — Joe Balog
24
BASS SCIENCE — TJ Maglio
28
TACTICAL BASSIN — Matt Allen and Tim Little
32

THE JUICE

THE TOURNAMENT REPORT
70
REVIEW : STORM ARASHI GLIDE BAIT — Matt Williams
76
GEARING UP : NEW PRODUCTS FOR ANGLERS
80
GEARING UP : UMBRELLA RIGGING FOR HEFTY
PRESPAWNERS — Tyler Brinks
83
Q & A : JACOPO GALLELLI — Tyler Brinks
88
THE BASS FEDERATION UPDATES — Edited by Mason Prince
91
THE LAST CAST — Ken Duke
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