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Chris -

It turned out just fine, as an experiment.

But there was one moment of alarm - when I realized that if I had hooked a really big fish it might have pulled the two sections of the rod...

... and while I was scouting a creek, it occured to me that I had left the reel in the car. Got to wondering what I would do if I found a spot to fish. Remembered that I had a bright orange 10'6"...

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/jfs_photo/Tippet%20length/P3150005_edited.jpg

Warren -

Follow the link for the results of fishing a nymph off a very short tippet.
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http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/jfs_photo/Tippet length/P3120014_edited.jpg

.... I'm going to start a new thread on the FAOL Forum, and will link it here when it is done.

John

Paul -

My "standard" furled leader is between 5'8" and 6' long. I can use the same one on line weights 3 to 7, although the 7 wt tends to overpower it. I put a shorb loop in the butt end of the...

... Chris.

I have used the same 3-4' tippet on a thread furled leader for nymphing smaller nymphs in shallower water, and even shorter tippet on occasion. I don't normally use that set up when...

... is really big and really deep. See for yourself, Warren. Just click on the pic.

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/jfs_photo/Run off 2011/th_P9150063_edited.jpg

Virtually every fish...

May 7, 2011 I was fishing the Bitterroot, the last day it was fishable before runoff really kicked in, but it was still running clear. The last fish of the day was a wild and native cutthroat.
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