Unlike spin casting, where the lures can cost up to 7 or 8 bucks, a fly is the cheapest thing on most rigs. I'd rather have my tippet break than the end of my rod. Most of the places I manage to put my fly, I'm not going to get it back without a chainsaw or climbing spurs. I can't afford a new rod, and I can't afford a new fly line more than about once a year. I can buy a whole lot of tippet, and I can tie more flies. I just have to remember what that one looked like.

Kirk