tippet

Converse of object

• protect: A soft tip will help protect light tippets: this is achieved by increasing flex and reducing mass.
• use: He says that he knows of people using tippets of up to 16 feet with a standard five foot leader.
• attach: You can also get braided leader and poly leaders to which you attach a short tippet of nylon.
• change: They are NOT designed for changing a tippet in falling light with fish rising all around.
• tie: I finish the leader with a loop tied with a surgeon's knot to which I tie the tippet.
• have: In the summer they had white tippets and cottage bonnets with brown ribbon across and tied under the chin.

Adjective modifier

• long: As he says, short, furled leaders have the mass to turn-over long tippets.
• 8lb: Floating Lines Strong Tapered Leaders. I fished a 8lb tippet for the first 2 days and then stepped down to a 6lb.
• thick: Stupidly I did not change to a thicker tippet to match the size of Gray Wulff that I was using.
• thin: So thin tippets for small flies. thicker tippets for big flies and particularly big bushy flies eg Mayfly ( E Danica ) imitations.
• white: In the summer they had white tippets and cottage bonnets with brown ribbon across and tied under the chin.
• short: You can also get braided leader and poly leaders to which you attach a short tippet of nylon.

Modifies a noun

• material: Tippets must be attached with a loop-to-loop connection otherwise the tippet material may cut the thread of the leaders made from this material.
• length: I mentally questioned everything about my fly selection, tippet length, leader size, casting technique, and my general direction in life.
• size: Matching tippet size to fly size helps keep your tackle balanced ( see table above ).

Noun used with modifier

• fluorocarbon: Particularly fussy trout in very clear water may be caught more easily with finer and less visible double strength or fluorocarbon tippets.
• pheasant: Sportfish was slimmer and lighter with a proper silver tag to set the golden pheasant tippet tail up at a jaunty angle.
• diameter: Fishing Method: Floating line and long leader with fine diameter tippet of 3 or 4lbs.