Bite Tippet
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Wire can really tear a fish’s mouth up bad. Step up to 30, 40, 60 or 80 mono or flouro if it starts getting knicked up to quickly for you.
Slim beauty knot.
There are knottable wire products. Can’t remember the name of what I use, but the FishHawk carries it…Rio also makes some. I just use a blood knot to connect the wire to leader. Sets nicely.
As Carter said, wire can harm the fish. But if you might catch really toothy fish like mackerel, shark, bluefish, it’s the way to go. With the lady’s, tarpon, etc. I’d use the flouro or mono suggested above. I go a bit heavier though- min of 15# leader and 45# bite tippet…
Jason
No teeth on a lady fish so there is really no use in a bit tippet in my experience. But there is a good shot a spanish or blues running in the mix depending on where you are fishing. I like a 25# mono bite tippet and it seems to do fine for both blues and spanish so long as I keep it changed out.
I like to take a standard 9ft. tapered leader and then tie a perfection knot at the end. Then take a foot long piece of heavy mono with a perfection loop at the end and loop to loop em’. This way I can change out bite tippets fast and change over to say 30-35 pound mono as needed. This keeps those toothy critters from targeting the leader and biting it.
Just an idea, works for me. Might be worth trying.
I second Seaguar tippet as it treats the wallet well.
Bob, have you used uni to uni knot connections for bite? I was rigging a wire leader for an upcoming trip with surflon to 30#mono with 5 turn uni’s the other night.
I have always used Albrights, but Uni to Uni should work just as well. I don’t like using loop to loop connections for bite tippets, but it would make changes quicker.
I have used AFW Surflon fishing wire in either 7 strand or 19 strand for shark and macks. It is nylon coated and knotable, but I think it is overkill for ladyfish. If you think bluefish are in the mix, I would still use fluorocarbon, just go a little heavier.
Vanish makes some small packs in 50#. I use Vanish or Seaguar bulk spools for everything from 2#-50#. I just don’t like most “tippet” material.
Zach save your spoon flies too. Simple white, flashy chenille or even silver tinsel flies will work just fine. Good luck
Same thing but, yeah, it doesn’t absorb any shock. You have to make a twisted butt section if you want that property in your rigging.
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