Thread: Tippet Size
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Old June 6th, 2005, 07:42 PM
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Padishar Creel wrote:

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So what is the thought on fly size to tippet size, anyway? ...



I use the biggest tippet that will fit easily through the
eye of the hook. It's rare, *very* rare, when tippet size
puts off fish when everything else, ie presentation, fly
selection etc., is correct.


It's not particularly rare at all. Water with complex braided currents
often require very fine tippets for dry-fly fishing, and quite a long
length of it to boot. It isn't the *size* of the tippet that's really
important. It's the *suppleness* of the finer tippet that allows a
drag-free drift. I usually use at least three feet of 6x or 7x in those
conditions.

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