How does one prepare the tip of a sinking line for a section of tippet?
Do you nail knot a heavy piece of mono and then a perfection loop?
OR
Put a small loop in the tip of the sinking line and bind it down with thread or mono?
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How does one prepare the tip of a sinking line for a section of tippet?
Do you nail knot a heavy piece of mono and then a perfection loop?
OR
Put a small loop in the tip of the sinking line and bind it down with thread or mono?
I usually nail knot a perfection loop to the end of the fly line. Then loop to loop to a furled leader. Then surgeon's knot a tippet to the leader.
I prefer this option and coat the wrappings with UV Knotsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by supersenior
Regards,
Scott
I nail-knot a foot to eighteen inches of 20lb Maxima to the end of my line, then tie this to a tiny (size 14) inline swivel, then run whatever tippet off the swivel, never more than 2 feet. I should note that I exclusively fish streamers with my sinktips.
I've done both, the important thing is being able to have the loop to loop connection to the leader. For some reason (today anyway), I seem to like looping the end of the fly line and binding it down.
I make a loop from braided mono then loop to loop a furled leader to that.
Beaver
Sounds like you have all the options covered here. I do not like whipped loops myself, and braided mono loops (a la Dan Blanton's method) are the strongest connection but I do not like the sound they make through the guides, so I go with nail knotted stiff mono (25# Hard Mason aka clear Amnesia) like others. YMMV.
Thank-you All for your input.
I'll add a sort of different approach to this.
Since the idea is to have the tip sink, I always use a section of heavy fluorocarbon leader to make the loop. Flourocarbon is denser than regular mono, thus it sinks better and won't cause a belly in the sinking tip section. Then, I use a palomar knot to attach a piece of tippet to that. I don't use a 'leader', tapered or otherwise, on sinking/sink tip fly lines. Length of tippet varies with presentations, but usually only a couple of feet is needed. Again, I use fluorocarbon tippet, because it sinks the best.
Good Luck!
Buddy