It's not very often that anything too exciting comes along in the world of leaders and tippet materials. The advent of fluorocarbon was a revolution, but there has not been much of anything generating buzz amongst anglers since then. One exception is a line of products known as Frog Hair.

You might have thought the specialty fly line market had reach saturation point with various designs for species from bonefish to bass and a whole fistful of lines for trout. But this season you will find two new specialized trout lines from both Scientific Anglers and Rio. Both are a shift away from the overweight distance casting weapons like the GPX or XXD lines from SA or RIO’s Grand line, instead focusing on control and finesse.