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  1. Thread: tippet ring?

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    Golden - I forgot to mention above - it is...

    Golden -

    I forgot to mention above - it is easier for me to incorporate a tip ring in the process of making a furled leader than it is to finish a leader with a shorb loop on the tip end after the...
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    I was going to mention Stockard as having the...

    I was going to mention Stockard as having the best price I've seen. Thanks for the details, Jack.

    John

    P.S. On the other hand, I am inclined to support Tenkarabum who has contributed so much...
  3. Thread: tippet ring?

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    If I may be so bold ...

    Not trying to be argumentative, and I trust that you will not take my response to be argumentative.

    Just want to be clear that I don't consider the loop to loop system to be a problem, and I...
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    Joni - Using the tip ring to drop a fly...

    Joni -

    Using the tip ring to drop a fly between the very end of the tippet and the fly line and having midges hit a knot or a tip ring just struck me as things that would more likely happen in...
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    It just occurred to me that you might be using...

    It just occurred to me that you might be using still water fishing as your frame of reference ??

    My frame of reference is moving water, and, for the most part, freestone streams and rivers.

    John
  6. Thread: tippet ring?

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    I mentioned recently, Joni ...

    ... that I still had the furled thread leader with tip ring that you gave to me at Jimmy's several years ago on my 3 wt.

    I was fishing it today and caught this guy, among others.
    ...
  7. Thread: tippet ring?

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    If I may be so bold ...

    If you have any further questions about my experience with tip rings, fire away.

    John
  8. Thread: tippet ring?

    by JohnScott
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    I incorporate a tip ring in all the furled...

    I incorporate a tip ring in all the furled leaders I make for my conventional fly rods and for the furled line / leaders I make for my Tenkara rods.

    I tried tip rings with conventional mono...
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