Quote Originally Posted by MarkF View Post
OK, I too like to fish my 1 wt for blue gill. I understand that the tippet is the weakest part of the system. What tippet do y'all use with 0 or 00 or 000? Would you use like 7 to 9X? And since the fisherman puts the stress on the rod, what about fighting fish that want to take you into weeds, dead falls, etc. That type of fishing is probably not the province of the lighter weights, is it? Not trying to be argumentative, trying to understand.

fish it like you would a bigger rod. you just have to downsize your flies. you could use 0x if desired, but most of the UL fellows like 3-4x like I stated in my first post.


honestly people could pick and nag about UL rods, so I think I will start to pick and nag about guys using bigger rods and 6-7x tippet.(note: markf, this part of my post is not directed at you)