Replacing my tippet

[tomgamber]

That's why you attach the clip to your pack/vest/whatever.

It was. Zinger got snagged....if you fish you know the rest.

 

[Bruno]

BOGO DEAL

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[Hilltop]

Anyone use Orvis SS or Rio Powerflex to build an entire knotted leader? They're both offered in .023-8x. I know most use Max for the butt and mid but just wanted to see.

 

[Nocktavius]

It was more of a tongue in cheek dig at nymphing the Delaware. Delaware should only be dry fly and streamer fished. lol

Dries sure but the moral high ground surrounding streamers confuses me. Nothing like gear fishing with a fly rod.

 

[ChuckofWagon]

Here's what I'm doing this year. I tied a snap hook to the leader, then the tippet is tied to a tippet ring. So, now when I "move" from one spot to another, I un-snap the tippet, take the rod in half, move to the new spot, put the rod back together, snap on the tippet, and I'm fishing. No broken rod....no tangled flys and tippet.

 

[dudemanspecial]

I would not want that thing pulling through my guides.

 

[ChuckofWagon]

I would not want that thing pulling through my guides.

I don't. I reel in the line near the last guide, break the rod in half and fold it over. No need to wind it all the way back to the reel....that would just add more "non-fishing" time to the outing.

Of course, at the end of the day I reel it all the way back. But I'm not reeling like a mad man. The snap simply slips through every guide easy peasy.

 

[CRB]

I honestly don't know the last time I bought new tippet line. All I know is I've fished a few times this year and have lost half-a-dozen flys because my knots just broke. They broke when a trout hit, they broke just casting, they broke when I just (post spit) cinched them up. I'm no pro but I'm not a newbie. I just think I'm going to pitch my current tippet material and get new.

The knots I tie are (at times) nail knot.....but mostly Clinch knot, double clinch knot, the 16-20 knot (because it's easy).

So...that being said, what brand should I look for? I have Orvis and I looked at their website. Flurocarbon tippet is pricy and Nylon tippet is much less. Is the price difference worth it? Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks!!

How do you carry your tipet rolls fishing may be the cause of your poor performance with them braking. Storing mono outside of your pack or vest; exposed to uv light will degrade it quite quickly. I usually store it in my wader pockets.
I've used this method for years and a get usually use the up before it is degraded condition.
If you use floro you can carry it outside, exposed to uv and it will not degrade and will last for years.

I also use a tippet ring and the leader will last for quite some time . They sell different sizes us small for 4x and smaller and the med size for 4x and bigger sizes.
I think there is a large for even larger diameter line.

 

[SBecker]

Dries sure but the moral high ground surrounding streamers confuses me. Nothing like gear fishing with a fly rod.

Blasphemous

 

[Bamboozle]

Anyone use Orvis SS or Rio Powerflex to build an entire knotted leader? They're both offered in .023-8x. I know most use Max for the butt and mid but just wanted to see.

Yes, Orvis Superstrong but that was a long time ago. I later switched to Maxima for the butt sections of trout leaders, not because I found anything wrong with SS, but because my warmwater leaders were all Maxima and it was easier to stick with one brand for the heavier stuff.

These days I use Orvis Mirage for everything because I just prefer fluorocarbon.

 

[Bamboozle]

Here's what I'm doing this year. I tied a snap hook to the leader, then the tippet is tied to a tippet ring. So, now when I "move" from one spot to another, I un-snap the tippet, take the rod in half, move to the new spot, put the rod back together, snap on the tippet, and I'm fishing. No broken rod....no tangled flys and tippet.

I guess I don't understand the need to break down a rod to move from spot to spot...

I do the "wrap the line around the reel foot and hook the fly on a guide thing" sometime also wrapping the looped line around the rod and other times I just hold the fly in my fingers and walk/wade.

I even just walk with a fully extended 13 foot Tenkara rod...

The ONLY time I feel the need is to breakdown is at one or two super tight creeks with so much rhododendron or multi flora rose that it is about impossible to walk period but that's one or two spots.

Isn't all of this un-snapping, breaking down the rod in half, reattaching and putting the rod back together again also adding a whole lot of "non-fishing time?"

What am I missing...?