09-25-2012, 04:18 PM
The times we've done it is always with drys. We don't do much nymphing at all. This year I swung a lot of wets and didn't worry about it. But with drys it really makes a difference. As far as break offs......not a noticable difference. All about using rods with good flex that absorbed pres. And getting fish on the real with good drag. I fish a 3wt on big water and have pulled in a lot of nice fish on 6x with it with few break offs just because that rod will absorb so much .
That being said I can't go smaller than 4x swinging wets. The strikes are too violent and will break me off 99% of the time if I'm smaller than 4x. I'm a believer in going small as possible with tippet. Just has helped to produce more fish for me when fishing waters that see a lot of fishing pres. Especially on the south fork of the snake and on The Henrys fork.
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That being said I can't go smaller than 4x swinging wets. The strikes are too violent and will break me off 99% of the time if I'm smaller than 4x. I'm a believer in going small as possible with tippet. Just has helped to produce more fish for me when fishing waters that see a lot of fishing pres. Especially on the south fork of the snake and on The Henrys fork.
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