John,

Just curious...With only 3 to 4 feet of tippet, how deep is the water that you are fishing? You stated that you normally are fishing clear moving water which leads me to believe that your water may only be 2 to 3 foot deep with maybe a deeper smaller hole along the way.

The only reason I ask is that I do believe there is a need for longer tippet on larger and deeper rivers.

Just thoughts.....