Ken Fortenberry wrote:

rw wrote:

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. ...


With a little experience you'll learn to fish dry flies with
4X or 5X. I use 6X maybe twice a season.

A little experience -- that's funny. I've fished about 100 days/year for
the past six years, and I started flyfishing 46 years ago at age 12,
which is probably before you were born. In the time I've fished in your
presence (thankfully, a rather short period of time), I've caught two
fish and you've caught ... none, although you were always smartly turned
out in your funny hat and your fussy gear.

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