I prefer to use tippet material for trout fishing, mostly fluorocarbon, even on dries except for the really small dry flies.

The majority of my fishing consists of fishing rivers with guides . Every guide I have fished with also uses tippet material, mostly fluorocarbon by the way.

For bass fishing and salmon fishing I use Maxima leader material, chameleon or ultra green.

Since most of my fishing is with guides I don't use very much of my own materials except for my leaders which are all either Rio or Frog Hair. But, I don't often get to use my own tippet materials since the guides use their own. The guides are on the rivers for hundreds of days each year and they use a lot of tippet material, yet they all use actual tippet rather than regular mono or fluoro lines. There is a reason.

So it is just a matter of personal choice I guess. As long as it is working for you why not use it?

Larry ---sagefisher---