Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: Leaders and tippets?
Hi Guys,
Can someone help me out with a long standing question? I'm a salt water fly fisherman mainly but I've been doing more and more trout fishing over the last year...and plan to trout fish all this summer.
My question is about leaders and tippets, if I'm using a tapered 4x leader, when, if ever, would I tie a tippet onto that leader? Isn't the leader tapered to not need a tippet?
Thanks,
Zach
Joined: May 17, 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Medway, Massachusetts
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:27 am Post subject:
For a new leader you don't need to add tippet. You add tippet if you want the leader a bit longer. As in the case that it starts shorting up, because of multiple flies being attached and cut off. Also if you wanted to go down to a lighter material for those leader shy fish. I just use a double, sometimes triple, surgoens knot to attach mine. It seems to be the quickest method and the knots have stayed so far for me.
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