Still new to fly fishing and I’m in Florida fishing mostly fresh water starting out. Targeting anything I can catch.
Posted by robrong
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Low_Sky_49 on
What you posted aren’t tippet rings, but regardless, learn to tie knots properly and you won’t need these.
Phoenix525i on
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SSR-967 on
Personally? Not a chance. But do they serve a purpose? Yes they do.
I like eliminating failure points. But for some the ease of use might outweigh that!
AsheStriker on
The thing in that photo is not a tippet ring and appears to serve no purpose. Just tie the knot directly onto the eye of the hook. Tippet rings can be useful. I use them in my nymphing rig below the sighter so that I can easily swap out different lengths of tippet below without losing sighter to knots each time. I wouldn’t use them in a dry fly rig.
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What you posted aren’t tippet rings, but regardless, learn to tie knots properly and you won’t need these.
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Personally? Not a chance. But do they serve a purpose? Yes they do.
I like eliminating failure points. But for some the ease of use might outweigh that!
The thing in that photo is not a tippet ring and appears to serve no purpose. Just tie the knot directly onto the eye of the hook. Tippet rings can be useful. I use them in my nymphing rig below the sighter so that I can easily swap out different lengths of tippet below without losing sighter to knots each time. I wouldn’t use them in a dry fly rig.
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These are tippet rings. I’m not suggesting this particular brand just using for visualization.
I like tippet rings. I kinda like these snaps for streamer fishing too.
More snag potential and I wonder how they bend.
Nah! It would be fine on a big streamer. Otherwise the weight alone is changing how your fly sits, moves, and acts on/in the water. No need.
Come on man ………………
I don’t know what you call these snap things but they’re not tippet rings.
I use tippet rings or micro swivel primarily to replace tippet and save leader. Works great for that.
I would expect these behemoths to work ok with big streamers but I prefer more delicate work
If your vision or dexterity isn’t good these are great.