Quote Originally Posted by Greg H View Post
A) yes you could do that
B) it would change the way the system casts, the tippet would become quite long for the balance of the leader any may collapse and fail to turn over the fly. On the other hand, the extra wrinkles in the longer leader would mean a better drag-free drift. You could always just use the 5x to replace the end of your leader after about 3 flies.c) buy a 9ft 4x leader and add the 5x to that. It would probably turn over and lay out better, it would still have 18" or so of soft tippet, and when replacing the tippet after 4 or 5 flies you would not be losing much of the original 4x.
if i replace it about every 3 flies or so how much should i tie on at a time, a foot?