On Apr 29, 11:33 pm, BGhouse wrote:
"asadi" sed:

"BGhouse" wrote in message

Found some reasonable sounding advice as to suitable equipment for
beginners. I'm looking at a Sage Launch 9', 5wt pole, and a Ross
Cimarron Large Arbor reel loaded with 5-wt, weight-forward, floating
line, 75' of braided backing and a 9', knotless, tapered leader w/ 4X
tippet. I have a short laundry list of flies with which to start.

You going to just tie on a new tippet when that one gets short or
what?

I understand that's the solution for those of us who don't have money to
burn ... Or who choose to burn it elswhere.G


I'd suggest adding a few spools of 5x-7x tippet to your list. There's
a whole conversation circling around the question of 'what material',
but I think 4x is a bit on the heavy side for an all-purpose tippet.

--riverman
(Got a DOD number?)