
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, September 12, 1994                   TAG: 9410200104
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BRUCE STANTON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

NOW BASS CAN COLLECT AUTOGRAPHS

Most anglers would never tell a soul about a secret bait or lure if they had one. Especially not a tournament angler, whose livelihood depends on out-fishing others.

But sever well-known fishermen have decided to share their lure secrets - at least a few of them - with everyone. The Pro Autograph Series, manufactured by Fort Smith, Ark.-based Pradco, gives anyone who casts a line a shot at using the same baits and colors used by superstar anglers Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston, Kevin Van Dam, Larry Nixon, Denny Brauer, Zell Rowland and Jim Bitter.

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