Originally Posted by
leo1357
Hi Guys,
If I understand this correctly, a lighter weight rod is good for light strength tippet as it protects it from breaking off. I would like to know the other side of this.
What strength would a person limit their tippet to in order to protect their rod from breaking (take a 3 weight for example)? Is there a generally considered strength or not really?
You generally don't want to be fishing a tippet with a breaking strain higher than the core of your fly line. Most freshwater lines have 30lb cores if I remember correctly and saltwater lines can have between 30lb - 80lb cores. If your tippet snaps its easy to replace - if your flyline snaps (or someone stands on it and breaks it - I won't mention any names) its usually a sadder moment ;-)
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