BUYER’S
GUIDE
2017
New Tackle for a New Season
If you don’t like new gear, then you might
not be a bass angler. Fact is, fishing is a gear-
intensive sport, and folks are always looking for
something – rod, reel, tackle, line or otherwise
– that will take their fishing to another level.
For the upcoming 2017 season, FLW has
produced its annual Buyer’s Guide to be as
close to a complete recap of the new products
released at ICAST 2016 as possible.
The following pages serve as a first introduc-
tion to what’s new, along with a few bits and
pieces of buying advice. For more in-depth eval-
uation and understanding of how to choose the
right gear, check back in the pages of FLW Bass
Fishing or at FLWFishing.com throughout 2017
for follow-up reviews and advice.
32 - Hard Baits
42 - Soft Plastics
53 - Jigs&Jigheads
58 - Terminal Tackle
60 - Line
64 - Rods
72 - Spinning Reels
76 - Baitcasting Reels
82 - Accessories&Electronics
88 - Odds&Ends
90 - Tackle Storage
94 - Clothing
Information compiled by:
Curtis Niedermier, Colin Moore,
David A. Brown, Tyler Brinks
and Keith Jackson
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