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“Table 3: Tippet Size Matched to Fly Size TIPPET SIZE DIAMETER (INCHES) BALANCES WITH FLY SIZES APPROXIMATE BREAKING STRENGTH (POUND-TEST)* 0X .011 2, 1/0 16 1X .010 4-6-8 14 2X .009 6-8-10 12 3X .008 10-12-14 9 4X .007 12-14-16 6.5 5X .006 14-16-18 5 6X .005 16-18-20-22 3.5 7X .004 18-20-22-24 2.5 8X .003 22-24-26-28 1.75”
― Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Completely Revised and Updated with Over 400 New Color Photos and Illustrations
― Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Completely Revised and Updated with Over 400 New Color Photos and Illustrations
“luckily, good fly shops spool lines and backing on reels all day long and they use motorized line-winding machines with counters. They know exactly how much backing to wind on a spool before knotting and winding on”
― Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Completely Revised and Updated with Over 400 New Color Photos and Illustrations
― Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Completely Revised and Updated with Over 400 New Color Photos and Illustrations
“There are two easy formulas that will help you remember tippet sizes, diameters, and what size fly to choose. The diameter in thousandths of an inch is always 11 minus the X size, so a 6X tippet is 11-6, or .005”. And to get the approximate tippet size for a fly, divide the fly size by 3. By this formula, a size-12 fly takes a 4X tippet, and a size-14 fly is a 5X tippet. Just don’t forget that in clear water, you might want to go to one size tippet smaller, and in dirty water, you might go to one size heavier.”
― Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Completely Revised and Updated with Over 400 New Color Photos and Illustrations
― Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Completely Revised and Updated with Over 400 New Color Photos and Illustrations
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