Walk into just about any fly shop, and you’ll see a whole wall stocked with trout leader options. 9 ft 5x, 7.5 ft 4x, 12ft 4x – for most new fly anglers, the labels are a collection of numbers that ...

No trout fishing setup is complete without a tippet holder. / Photo by Jasper Taback If you wonder why trout anglers get a bad rap. Well, why do we need our own tippet sizing system that makes no ...