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Uploaded on July 15, 2010I am very new to fly fishing and have questions about my line. I have recently had to cut my line at the floating line and the tippet?. I noticed the tippet goes from thick to thin and have been told I can simply tie a section of six pound test fishing line to the float line. Is this okay and are you suppose to cut the floating line whenever you need to add a new section of fishing line? I fish for panfish and bass in local ponds if that matters.
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Leaders are tied or looped onto the end of your fly line. Tippets are tied on the end of the leader. Prepackaged leaders are usually tapered and transfer the energy of the cast. If you use just one long section of the same dia. (lb. test) mono, your casts will just die. You need the stiffness of the progressively smaller dia. line.
If you need to replace the entire leader it’s a good idea to do so in several sections starting with a larger diameter section and progressively getting smaller. Or, tie on a new tapered leader and then tie on just a tippet. After changing flees several times or breaking tippets on fish, just tie on a new tippet. Check a few websites and you'll find charts for making your own leaders too, I find it cheaper making my own.
Tie on a new tapered leader, and then just a tippet? Not necessary. Your new tapered leader comes tapered down and has a tippet; basically the last two feet of your tapered leader.
You should decide what you are fishing for and basically divide the size of the flies, or fly you will use...say I would use around a #12 fly...then I would buy a 3x, or 4x tippet. 4x times 3 = 12, and the 3x would be slightly bigger, and perfect for #10's and #12 flies. You need to be in the ball game with the size of your tapered leader tippet...the section at the end where you tie on the flies. If you were casting big bass bugs, you'd buy a 1x, or an 0x tapered leader. A little bit complicated, and one of the tough things students have difficulty learning when they take the fly fishing school I taught. If you cut the end of your flyline at the knot, that's fine. Any flyline has a level 6" of line to tie leaders to. Learn to tie a NAIL KNOT, and it is best tied using the tool. There is a nail-less nail knot, but I do not recommend tying it as it is difficult to tie right. If you learn to tie it right, you can slip down the knot to the end of the flyline, and have very little flyline to trim off after tying the knot. Another way is to nail knot on a foot, or so of mono to the end of your fly line, about .022 in diameter(probably around 20 lb mono) and then tie all new leaders to that piece of mono using a blood knot. That eliminates having to cutback your flyline. Leaders, if you learn to cast decently, and arn't arcing the line back to the ground, and then casting the line and leader off of the rocks/ground behind you, should last quite awhile. You can always have bad luck, and wrap around a log, and ruin the entire leader, but, for the most part, you just need tippet material....the 2x,3x,4x stuff that comes on a spool, and knot on a new 24-28" section of new tippet when you use it up tying on flies...How do you know you used it up? Eyeball the diameter, and you can see where it gets bigger diameter...If you have just a foot, or 15' of the tippet left, tie on a new tippet. Hope this helps, The flyline/leader,tippet thing is not easy to understand.
as you can see, you can go to the N'th degree if you want to with this stuff. Or, for Bass and panfish(they ain't too picky) just tie on 3-4 ft. section of 20lb. mono to the fly line, then 2-3 ft. section 14-15 lb. mono, then same length of 8-10 lb. mono and then whatever size flouro tippet you want. Just don't make tippet larger than your last piece of mono leader. I use this exact set up for steelhead and it works fine. Your looking for a leader length of around 9 ft. Go catch fish!
Oh Yeah, you're going to hang up, you'll cast into the brush behind you, you'll slap rocks and trees,... don't worry about it, mono's cheap. Get a "Fast Knot tying tool they're cheap and make great knots. Have fun!
The tippet topic is a little overwhelming when you are beginning! Thanks for the advise, it is greatly appreciated!
Just remember, the heavier leader end that you tie to the flyline is the BUTT of the leader...the end you tie the flies to, and the thinnest end, and part of the leader is the tippet. You should match the tippet size up somewhat with the size of the flies you will use, so it casts decent, and it allows the fly to fish properly.
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Leaders are tied or looped onto the end of your fly line. Tippets are tied on the end of the leader. Prepackaged leaders are usually tapered and transfer the energy of the cast. If you use just one long section of the same dia. (lb. test) mono, your casts will just die. You need the stiffness of the progressively smaller dia. line.
If you need to replace the entire leader it’s a good idea to do so in several sections starting with a larger diameter section and progressively getting smaller. Or, tie on a new tapered leader and then tie on just a tippet. After changing flees several times or breaking tippets on fish, just tie on a new tippet. Check a few websites and you'll find charts for making your own leaders too, I find it cheaper making my own.
Tie on a new tapered leader, and then just a tippet? Not necessary. Your new tapered leader comes tapered down and has a tippet; basically the last two feet of your tapered leader.
You should decide what you are fishing for and basically divide the size of the flies, or fly you will use...say I would use around a #12 fly...then I would buy a 3x, or 4x tippet. 4x times 3 = 12, and the 3x would be slightly bigger, and perfect for #10's and #12 flies. You need to be in the ball game with the size of your tapered leader tippet...the section at the end where you tie on the flies. If you were casting big bass bugs, you'd buy a 1x, or an 0x tapered leader. A little bit complicated, and one of the tough things students have difficulty learning when they take the fly fishing school I taught. If you cut the end of your flyline at the knot, that's fine. Any flyline has a level 6" of line to tie leaders to. Learn to tie a NAIL KNOT, and it is best tied using the tool. There is a nail-less nail knot, but I do not recommend tying it as it is difficult to tie right. If you learn to tie it right, you can slip down the knot to the end of the flyline, and have very little flyline to trim off after tying the knot. Another way is to nail knot on a foot, or so of mono to the end of your fly line, about .022 in diameter(probably around 20 lb mono) and then tie all new leaders to that piece of mono using a blood knot. That eliminates having to cutback your flyline. Leaders, if you learn to cast decently, and arn't arcing the line back to the ground, and then casting the line and leader off of the rocks/ground behind you, should last quite awhile. You can always have bad luck, and wrap around a log, and ruin the entire leader, but, for the most part, you just need tippet material....the 2x,3x,4x stuff that comes on a spool, and knot on a new 24-28" section of new tippet when you use it up tying on flies...How do you know you used it up? Eyeball the diameter, and you can see where it gets bigger diameter...If you have just a foot, or 15' of the tippet left, tie on a new tippet. Hope this helps, The flyline/leader,tippet thing is not easy to understand.
as you can see, you can go to the N'th degree if you want to with this stuff. Or, for Bass and panfish(they ain't too picky) just tie on 3-4 ft. section of 20lb. mono to the fly line, then 2-3 ft. section 14-15 lb. mono, then same length of 8-10 lb. mono and then whatever size flouro tippet you want. Just don't make tippet larger than your last piece of mono leader. I use this exact set up for steelhead and it works fine. Your looking for a leader length of around 9 ft. Go catch fish!
Oh Yeah, you're going to hang up, you'll cast into the brush behind you, you'll slap rocks and trees,... don't worry about it, mono's cheap. Get a "Fast Knot tying tool they're cheap and make great knots. Have fun!
The tippet topic is a little overwhelming when you are beginning! Thanks for the advise, it is greatly appreciated!
Just remember, the heavier leader end that you tie to the flyline is the BUTT of the leader...the end you tie the flies to, and the thinnest end, and part of the leader is the tippet. You should match the tippet size up somewhat with the size of the flies you will use, so it casts decent, and it allows the fly to fish properly.
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