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Nymph flies in a fly box. Photo: Tom Koerner, US Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Watch: leaders and tippet
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The X system and how to rebuild a leader on the water.
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Watch: a first fly box
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A handful of patterns that cover most trout water.
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