Anyone using tippet rings?

[Prairieschooner]

If so, what knots are you using?

[Tig]

Clinch knot with mono - improved clinch with flourocarbon.

[tailingloop]

Palomar knot from main leader to tippet ring. Becker (Orvis) Knot from tippet to ring.

[NJTroutbum]

I use both rings and micro-swivels with an improved clinch knot.

[fritz]

Using 4mm soldered round, 2.6mm inside diameter, 22 gauge rings, I can loop connect with 4-6x tippet material. My typical loops are tied with double surgeons knot. I suspect tippet size is governed by I.D. of tippet ring.

BTW I recently have noticed that whenever I must break free my snagged tippet, the break is usually within 2-3" of the connecting loop. Tippet material is mono and not fluorocarbon. Anyone else notice this?

[johnstoeckel]

I use tippet rings on just about all my leaders now. On some leaders I use two rings. I use mono on dry fly leaders and fluorocarbon on nymph leaders. In both cases, I use an improved clinch knot to tie to the ring. An improved clinch knot to a tippet ring should be about 90% strength. Joining tippet with a surgeon's knot is about 70% strength.

[whatfly]

Use micro-swivels but same idea. Pitzen knots both sides, but there's no reason to change whatever you typically use for a terminal knot.

[Prairieschooner]

I use a Davy knot to tie on the fly - or a Double Davy for large flies - and while the knot works just fine it somehow didn't seem like enough knot for the rings. I guess that's kind of silly if I trust it for the fly, but adding two more of them seemed kinda scary. Being terribly lazy I normally don't even use a tippet; I just keep using the leader until it gets too short or too fat , which is dumb and I need to change that. Back when I did change tippets I used the Orvis tippet knot which I remember as being kind of a pain to tie.

[biker1usa]

I use an improved clinch knot then a drop of super glue (if I make my leaders at home). If I am on the water then just the improved clinch knot. I am using steelhead size tippet rings, they are a little bigger but work real good.

[fritz]

I use both rings and micro-swivels with an improved clinch knot.

where do you locate your swivel? tippet to leader, leader to fly line? thanks