Solitario Lupo
Moderator
I do both. A tippet would be for fly fishing and a leader would be for spin or baitcaster. I attach a small barrel swivel then the leader. For trout I use 4lb fluoro stren line. I use for a tippet or use for leader.
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josey12340
Active member
Why is a leader when fly fishing called a tippet? It's still just a leader on fly line right?
Solitario Lupo
Moderator
No it actually goes fly line leader then tippet. The leader is thicker then the tippet. I never actually got into just called tippets. I always, when I started just ran a leader then tied on that. The leader was tapered so you tie so far up then had to get rid of the leader so a tippet saves you from doing this.
Don
Well-known member
Very sensitive. I better tip-toe around those comments.
Some of the guys seem a bit upity to me.
Josey. The "Leader" is the medium whereby one switcheth from the running line (that which fills thy reel) to the presentation line (tippet). Most guys, when they say they are using leader are actually using standard line as tippet. The X signifies that it is non-tapered and is rated in pounds and thickness. This is a tough concept for thine colleagues to graspeth. But these nuanced differences do mean something. Having learned these higher attributes one becomes enlightened. Then you'll know what it feels like to be Melvin.
Some of the guys seem a bit upity to me.
Josey. The "Leader" is the medium whereby one switcheth from the running line (that which fills thy reel) to the presentation line (tippet). Most guys, when they say they are using leader are actually using standard line as tippet. The X signifies that it is non-tapered and is rated in pounds and thickness. This is a tough concept for thine colleagues to graspeth. But these nuanced differences do mean something. Having learned these higher attributes one becomes enlightened. Then you'll know what it feels like to be Melvin.
Solitario Lupo
Moderator
To me it’s the same to a true fly person it’s two different things.
josey12340
Active member
Ok. I fly fish a little bit. I have used "tippet" and I have just tied on leader. I'm not much of a fly fisherman though but as my wife likes to say if there is a water or a season I have the fishing equipment or the gun to use for it. Lol.
A-5
Moderator
That statement is true. But what I will tell you is. Line manufacturers are idiots and lie about breaking strength all the time that is why you must test each leader line to see what actual breaking point is. So the big lie in line is. The formula. Line size, breaking size, they lie all liars. Drennan says it’s 6lb is thicker, so we in that world call 6lb drennan 8-10lb. Blue label is as small of diameter to true breaking strength there is bottom line.
Don
Well-known member
Oh boy, you’re right. It also is a benefit to not change brands because of that very fact.
the only reason I use Rio Tippet is that I already have it on me. Otherwise I’d use regular line. On spincast reels that don’t occilate stretch line is a bad thing as it causes binds when a lunker is caught.
the only reason I use Rio Tippet is that I already have it on me. Otherwise I’d use regular line. On spincast reels that don’t occilate stretch line is a bad thing as it causes binds when a lunker is caught.
troutspinner
Nuts & Bolts Guy
Just an example of floro. Yesterday I was at my local reservoir deep in a cove on the banks. I had worked close in, no bites, kept clocking the area out further and further until finally I casted near the limits of my setup and then it was game on. They were hitting my offering on the fall, on slack line. I have always been a line watcher, an idle bass will just suck in your bait and not even move after, you’ll see that very small bounce in your line and you know to set the hook.
With that amount of line out and slack, seeing is not always an option, especially with glare but floro transferred that ever so small tick and I knew to immediately set the hook which netted me 5 LM in 25 minutes to satisfy the itch. In prior years using mono or braid, I know I would have landed maybe 2 and walked away telling myself they were not there today or they just weren’t biting.
With that amount of line out and slack, seeing is not always an option, especially with glare but floro transferred that ever so small tick and I knew to immediately set the hook which netted me 5 LM in 25 minutes to satisfy the itch. In prior years using mono or braid, I know I would have landed maybe 2 and walked away telling myself they were not there today or they just weren’t biting.
troutspinner
Nuts & Bolts Guy
Don
Well-known member
plus it is more rated by thickness, which is why it rarely mentions lbs on the label.
