03-01-2014, 01:02 AM
[quote KodiakFisher]Seems that way. Videoing myself isn't a bad idea at all,
What exactly is a Tippet? I've seen them, but I'm not entirely sure why I couldn't just tie some mono leader onto the fly line and use that. Insights?[/quote]
Nymphing and streamers you could. Dry fly fishing you want to be as delicate as you can. So, Tapered leader comes into play. It goes thicker from line to thinner at fly. Makes sense right? I make a Furled leader that is tapered rope sort of. Then a ring on the end that you add Tippet or your mono to the fly. See it can get simple[
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When one buys a Tapered leader, they attach tippet of equal or one size smaller and tie that to the end of the leader. That will save on the Tapered leader, make it last longer as you will be using the added tippet every time you change a fly. And for MOST of us, there will be days you are throwing every thing you have.
Also at this expo, a lot of the tiers have no problem giving their demos away. I know I didn't. If you plan to go, I will bring a couple of these Furled Leaders for you.
Oh and tippet is a smaller diameter than regular fishing line. More delicate.
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What exactly is a Tippet? I've seen them, but I'm not entirely sure why I couldn't just tie some mono leader onto the fly line and use that. Insights?[/quote]
Nymphing and streamers you could. Dry fly fishing you want to be as delicate as you can. So, Tapered leader comes into play. It goes thicker from line to thinner at fly. Makes sense right? I make a Furled leader that is tapered rope sort of. Then a ring on the end that you add Tippet or your mono to the fly. See it can get simple[
]When one buys a Tapered leader, they attach tippet of equal or one size smaller and tie that to the end of the leader. That will save on the Tapered leader, make it last longer as you will be using the added tippet every time you change a fly. And for MOST of us, there will be days you are throwing every thing you have.
Also at this expo, a lot of the tiers have no problem giving their demos away. I know I didn't. If you plan to go, I will bring a couple of these Furled Leaders for you.
Oh and tippet is a smaller diameter than regular fishing line. More delicate.
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