01-09-2006, 07:03 PM
I use leaders when I get back to the fat part of my tipet, I think it is at about 6 feet area of the tippet.
using a polimer knot I tie on one of those tiny black quick clip snaps. then my leader about 4 pound test starts out about three feet long and I can retie my bugs for another good long time. If I wait to long to tie on the clip the line gets bigger than the hole of my clip.
this is a real time saver when fishing for stealhead and other salmon, you may loose your leader to a big fish but not your tipet.
it does save on replacing the tipet especialy if you do a lot of tieing. it is faster too. because you dont have to wind up the old tipet and put it away.
NOPE, I am not one of those guys who dumps thier line in the river.[
] It realy dens me to have to fight my way though a notted mess of line tangled in the bottom of the river. Cant tell you how many times I have had to do that. too many to count.
I carry a little pocket spool of line which I can refill every year. You may have seen them, soft plastic and the one side of the rims of the spool closes on the other to keep it from unraveling.
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using a polimer knot I tie on one of those tiny black quick clip snaps. then my leader about 4 pound test starts out about three feet long and I can retie my bugs for another good long time. If I wait to long to tie on the clip the line gets bigger than the hole of my clip.
this is a real time saver when fishing for stealhead and other salmon, you may loose your leader to a big fish but not your tipet.
it does save on replacing the tipet especialy if you do a lot of tieing. it is faster too. because you dont have to wind up the old tipet and put it away.
NOPE, I am not one of those guys who dumps thier line in the river.[
] It realy dens me to have to fight my way though a notted mess of line tangled in the bottom of the river. Cant tell you how many times I have had to do that. too many to count. I carry a little pocket spool of line which I can refill every year. You may have seen them, soft plastic and the one side of the rims of the spool closes on the other to keep it from unraveling.
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