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ANTHONY GAGLIARDI
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Prosperity, SC
"As a
professional angler, my livelyhood depends nearly one hundred percent on my
ability to catch fish. In a sport with so many variables that are beyond our
control, it is extremely important that I make the best decisions when it come
to factors that I do have control over. One of the most important decisions
that I can make is lure selection. Brian's Bees crankbaits have provided me
with a bait in which I can place my total confidence in. There is no question
of what to expect when I tie one on. If I lose one, I know that the next one I
tie on is going to be a fish catching machine just like the last one; and that
is extremely important to me. The quality of these baits is unmatched from
concept through the finished product. They are by far the best handmade baits
that I've been exposed to, and with a bait for just about any application, they
have quickly become a necessary part of my arsenal that will no doubt lead to
further success in my career." Thanks and good luck!
Anthony
Gagliardi
     
Anthony Gagliardi receives the Land O' Lakes Angler of the Year trophy for being
the most consistent pro on the FLW Tour in 2006.
King of consistency
A lure-by-lure look at Anthony Gagliardi’s 2006
Angler of the Year win
The 2007
Wal-Mart FLW Tour is right around the corner, but before a new season begins and
another points race gets under way, it might be worthwhile to have a look back
at the 2006 season to see how
Anthony Gagliardi
of Prosperity, S.C., captured the 2006 Land O’Lakes Angler of the Year title.
Stop No.
2: Lake Murray
Dates: Feb. 8-11, 2006
Finish: 1st
Key Lures: 3/4-ounce All-Terrain Tackle jig; Brian’s Bees B-10 crankbait;
1/8-ounce Spot Remover jighead with a Zoom finesse worm
If there was ever a national tournament that Gagliardi felt he could lock down
and call his own, it was the Lake Murray FLW event on his home lake in February.
During the tournament, Murray was pulled down to an extreme low level, some 11
feet below normal pool, and Gagliardi used this to his advantage.
“A lot of pros on tour know Murray very well,” Gagliardi said. “But with the
lake being so low, I knew it was going to be a completely different place than
any of us had ever seen before – like fishing a completely new lake. With that
in mind, I spent the fall and winter sinking brush and graphing really deep
breaks that I knew would be in the 20- to 30-foot range when the tournament
started.”
Gagliardi’s plan worked like a charm. In one of the most memorable events of the
2006 season, Murray surrendered giant limits to anglers, especially Gagliardi,
who amassed a four-day catch of nearly 90-pounds of bass for the win.
He dragged a 3/4-ounce All Terrain jig off the deep breaks and clipped the tops
of offshore brush piles with a Brian’s Bees crankbait to catch most of his
bigger fish.
Interestingly, Gagliardi noted that one of his key moves in the Murray
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