Quote Originally Posted by John_N View Post
Boy, it's hard for me to imagine using 6X at all when swinging soft hackles, regardless of the length..
That's pretty much what I use all the time to my point fly (5x to the top dropper). Of course, I'm usually trying for a dead drift, even when fishing down. I can't remember ever breaking off a fish on the take.

I'd rather have finer tippet to the point so that if I hang that fly up on something, I only lose one fly instead of two.