Yes fluor. will sink a dry fly..eventually. However, I have been taught
that a sunk tippet is much more difficult for the fish to see than one in
the film. some years ago, our FF club had a visitor from England who was
some sort of fishing champ, and he recommended sinking the tippet, at least
just before the fly. He recommended putting Sink or some other surface
tension reducer on 3 or 4 inches of the tippetj ust before the fly. I'm a
bit lazy so I fish mostly parachutes that don't sink easily, and fluoro
tippet. I don't find that sinking the fly is a problem, but that is also
partly a function of how I fish dry flies; I don't strip them, and recast a
lot.

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"Cornmuse" wrote in message
news

" Steve Sullivan wrote: "In my mind that makes the berkely
flouro cheaper than mono, yet flouro is supposed to be so much more
money??"

I've been using Vanish as a tippet material for three years now. It is,
indeed, much less expensive than most other tippet choices. There is an
on-line e-zine that did a comparison and the Vanish didn't stand up well
to
the likes of Frog Hair and Seaguar flourocarbon, but it is about 1/10 the
price. That said, the review mentions that Vanish has a tendency to slip
or
break at knots. This is true in my experience. You must be very
deliberate
in tying your knots.

I use the Vanish for anything sub-surface. Like all flourocarbons it will
sink a dry fly. It is heavier than water. I use mostly 4lb, 6lb, 8lb and
10lb for streamer and nymph fishing and, for the most part, like it a lot.
In situations where I need supple material I use Orvis Superstrong (an
excellent tippet material IMHO) and also for dry flies and deer hair bugs.

YMMV

JC