Tippet for Pike / Muskie?
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Headed to a neat little pike lake this summer and need some advice. Last time I fished it….I accidently left my wire bite tippet behind. I caught plenty without….but lost several flies to their sharp teef. I caught one fish that still had one of my flies in his mouth.
Anyhow…..I don’t particularly want to use wire….can I substitute about 24″ of flourocarbon as a tippet? Will 20 lb test be sufficient?
Brad? Anyone? How do you guys rig a tippet for these toofy critters?
Thanks.
I use 60 fluoro most of the time. No bite offs yet.
Every once in a while I’ll go down to a 40 but I dont like going much below that. And after every fish you should probably take a look to make sure they didnt leave you with a frayed line.
20lb will give probably give you problems.
I typically use a loop to loop connection from my bite tippet to my leader.
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