This may be a dumb question, but!!! I bought some 2 lb mono to tie some furled leaders and thought why not use if for tippet as well? It has the exact diameter as Maxima at .005 and is at least 3x's cheaper!!! I tried it out and got skunked for the first time all year, now the conditions were a bit rough with pretty chocalotey looking water, but,, was it the tippet or the conditions??