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Rigged for spring
it's the May edition of Leaders, our links roundup, featuring a bevy of great PNW events, primers on fish handling, and an intro to Trout Spey.
Leaders
Hands off, or hands-free?
Yet sometimes you have to get a little dirt on your hands.
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This season's most essential piece of fly-fishing gear
The dirt-cheap wonder-tool any angler can use to become legendary.
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Fly-fishing with indicators: When and how to use them
All about indicators, floats, suspenders—whatever you call the thing every other angler calls a bobber.
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Fly presentation and drag-free drift
You've rigged up your rod, landed your cast in the right place, your fly is on the water...and, it's waterskiing. Tactics and tips to maintain a drag-free drift that's irresistible to fish.
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Fly-fishing gear: What's essential, what's optional?
Here are the four pieces of gear you really need to get started fly-fishing