TABLE OF CONTENTS
WINTER 2019 | VOLUME 18 | ISSUE 1
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FEATURES
MAKE MORE MAGIC
WITH THE “FAIRY WAND”
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HOW BRIAN LATIMER UNLOCKS THE POTENTIAL OF SPIN-
NING RODS FOR TOURNAMENT FISHING — Curtis Niedermier
THE SHALLOW-WOOD-IN-WINTER
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PATTERN
A STRATEGY FOR CATCHING SKINNY-WATER GIANTS DURING
THE COLDEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR — Curtis Niedermier
DEPARTMENTS
TAKEOFF (continued)
UNDERSTANDING STRATIFICATION — TJ Maglio
RECHARGING FOR THE TOUR — Justin Onslow
3 WAYS TO WHACK ’EM IN WINTER — Justin Onslow
PROFILE: RON LAPPIN — Colin Moore
FOUR-STROKE MAINTENANCE — Joe Balog
HOW KAYAK TOURNAMENTS WORK — Matt Ball 22
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PRODUCT REVIEW: LEW’S PRO-TI — Matt Williams
A FIRST LOOK AT NEW GEAR — Curtis Niedermier
13 DIY TACKLE PROJECTS 38
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GEAR
ON TOUR
EDITOR’S NOTE — Curtis Niedermier
FISHING EXPOSED
FLW FOUNDATION UPDATE — Trish Blake
NEWS&NOTES 4
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10 FOOD FOR THOUGHT — Rob Newell 12 COSTA FLW SERIES, CALIFORNIA DELTA — Justin Onslow
COSTA FLW SERIES, FORT GIBSON — Justin Onslow
COSTA FLW SERIES, LAKE OF THE OZARKS — Kyle Wood
COSTA FLW SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP — Curtis Niedermier
T-H MARINE FLW BFL REGIONAL RECAP
IN SEASON — Paul Strege
VIDEO GAME CHEAT CODES — Tyler Brinks 18
20 THE BASS FEDERATION — Dan Johnson
BACKLASH WITH NICK L E BRUN — Curtis Niedermier
COLUMNS
TAKEOFF
BACK END
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