Brimbum wrote:

I don't trust the glue to last more than a year and just clip off about a half
inch of the flyline when I glue another leader to it. I figure that it will
last me about 25 years before I shorten the fly line by more than a couple of
feet. I don't see that as much of a problem. When the tippet gets too thick, I
simply tie in a perfection loop and then loop on some tippet. I have never
figured out a better way, but I am open for new ideas.

Interesting. So you actually add your loop-to-loop at the tippet
end? Wouldn't that be more prone to picking up vegetation than a
surgeon's knot connection? I've been using a three-turn surgeon for
tippets and the perfection loop on the leader and mono butt.

I've been playing around with a loop-to-loop for connecting tippet
to the braided leader I have on my 3-wt., but it looks awfully fragile.


Chuck Vance