You've probably heard and read the raves about fluorocarbon tippet being the magic wand. It's invisible to the fish, it sinks like a rock and it's much more abrasive resistant than regular nylon tippet.I must admit I have been carrying a couple of fluorocarbon tippet spools in my vest for the past few years. The few times I used them I couldn't see any difference in catch rate nor any noticeable higher strength.
My tippet of choice for almost 10 years has been Rio's Powerflex and they have served me well. I love their Guide spools (100 meter) as I change a lot of tippet when fishing.However recently I have been curious about René Harrop's Trouthunter brand tippet. Unfortunately the Trouthunter tippet comes in 50 meter spools and they are about 40% more expensive than Rio Powerflex. The fluorocarbon version being about 15% more expensive. Both compared in 100 meter lengths.
But to really give it a test, I have been thinking about switching over to 100% fluorocarbon for a whole season to see for myself how much more fish I would catch. But the price of these buggers! Roughly at least 3 times as expensive than regular nylon tippet. Three tippet sizes (4x - 6x) and one extra for the most used size (5x), would set me back at least $160!Well anyway, the experiment never materialized. The proverbial if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it probably kept me from this. Here's a posting at Swift about the same subject. I'm glad Carl doesn't own a fly shop...
