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A long enough leader (the clear piece of monofilament or fluorocarbon that you attach to your fly line) will hide brightly-colored fly lines that might spook fish

This version provides a stiffer blank than the original and a stainless steel tip eyelet designed to handle the abuse that swifter current and 80-plus-pound catfish put on it

Thats all there is to tie a snell knot

Every Alaska employee who handles seafood is required to pass a yearly cool-chain training class

Many of these rods could be purchased at the local hardware store at prices that put fly fishing within reach of hard-working people on limited budgets, helping to usher in the outdoor recreation boom of that era and helping to dispel the myth that fly fishing was only for the wealthy