On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:21:08 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

George Cleveland wrote:
MajorOz wrote:
George Cleveland wrote:
I have knottable steel tippet but I'm absolutely convinced it reduces
both bass and walleye strikes. And so I only tie it on if I'm getting
a lot of bite offs.

Do you have a ref. for knottable steel tippets? I have had to use
custom stainless twisted leaders, tied on BEFORE tying the fly, when
casting to 'cudas.

Sure. There are a few out there.

http://www.tygerleader.com/

http://www.ezflyfish.com/cltocrwi.html

http://www.americanfishingwire.com/smsupreme.asp

I've used all three and I like the Climax/Cortland Toothy Critter the
best (seems to kink less) but they all work.

The best wire leader I've found is Boa No-Kink.

http://www.malinco.com/fishing/boa.html

It's titanium and more expensive than steel but it's way
better than steel in terms of kinking and visibility in
the water. I use the 30 lb. on all my muskie leaders.

Actually thats cheaper than Tyger wire, which goes for close to
$10/10'. I'll give it a try.

Thanks!

Geo.