Greg Pavlov wrote:

On 25 Nov 2003 14:51:36 GMT, (Tom Littleton) wrote:


At the extremes,
Maxima and Mason have very stiff nylon, and DaiRiki and some of the other
Japanese brands are relatively soft.



... and Rio makes several different types, so that
"trout" is less stiff than "salmon/steelhead."


From a thread over in ROFT, tippets are a piece of equipment that have
made some dramatic and practical improvements since I started fly
fishing. The increased strength of tippet material allowed the use of
small flies to become popular. Hatches that were impractical or
frustrating to fish, now provide some great sport.


Another thing I would add is that tippet material does get weak with
age. I'm a cheap SOB but I always make sure I have fresh tippet
especially in the smaller diameters.

Willi