The best hatch you may ever encounter is not a hatch at all. When mayflies return to a river to lay their eggs, it may be the best opportunity to catch your biggest trout on a dry fly.

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This is a good week for Tom's tips on how to fish early spring waters for trout: Go low and slow. Also, what you can learn from worm fishers.

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In this podcast, Tom gives three helpful hints on knot tying.

The Orvis website has a great, animated instructional knot tying section at www.orvis.com/knots (click on the"VIEW ANIMATED KNOTS" button)

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In this podcast Tom tells you everything you need to know about leaders. What does 6x mean? How long should your leader be? What's better; nylon or flourocarbon?

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In the third and final part of Tom's series on reading the water, Tom explains how to use lessons learned in the previous two podcasts to help you catch more fish. Learn how to best fish boulders and sweepers.

Next week: leaders and their importance.

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