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- noun Plural form of
tippet .
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Examples
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The strong water, thin tippets, and tiny hook gaps conspired to make me lose fish, but nice, thick-bodied trout hit with enough regularity that I could forget it wasn't summer.
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The king himself stood in front with his principal officers a little distance behind him; some wearing splendid mantles made of red or yellow feathers, or of scarlet cloth; others in short tippets of the same kind, but in which the two glaring colours were relieved with black; a few had helmets on their heads.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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They work extremely well with light tippets, which are what you use to fake out the weary trout.
i love to fish for trout, but i don't know how to fly fish and would love to learn. 2009
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It is amazing how much strain the light tippets will take if you let the rod take up the shock.
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This is because the rod does not handle light tippets very well, which are generally used for catching trout .........
i love to fish for trout, but i don't know how to fly fish and would love to learn. 2009
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They work extremely well with light tippets, which are what you use to fake out the weary trout.
i love to fish for trout, but i don't know how to fly fish and would love to learn. 2009
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Instead of using tippets, could you use regular mono tied to the fly line?
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It is amazing how much strain the light tippets will take if you let the rod take up the shock.
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Instead of using tippets, could you use regular mono tied to the fly line?
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This is because the rod does not handle light tippets very well, which are generally used for catching trout .........
i love to fish for trout, but i don't know how to fly fish and would love to learn. 2009
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