Tippet Size . . .

[ness]

I've got 2x through 7x and some 6lb mono in my vest. I use them all, but 4 gets used the most. Water and conditions dictate. Just a straight piece of mono for deeper nymph fishing like the Nfow. Might go down to 7x with a small dry or dry/dropper on glassy water. Had a lot of fun on the LP last spring with 7x making very long casts into calm water where a bunch of fish were rising regularly.

[Lancer09]

When I started fly fishing as a little kid my dad didn't see the difference between tippet with that X and regular fishing mono.

Years later I gave up caring about that as well and now buy 100 yard spools of flouro for something like $5. I usually carry 10,8,6,4 on me and a spool of 7x.

I dont think to this point I have ever caught less fish because of this approach. And now I dont cringe when I have to rebuild a leader like I used to when I was buying those 30 yard spools of expensive tippet, or premade leaders.

[Jeff Tief]

Good point Lancer, as I always seem to have some p-line 3# somewhere in my vest that does a pretty good job as tippet material.Buy a big spool at Tim's when I get in the Cassville area and put some on spinning reel too.