Oh, you could definitely do that, or just lengthen the 4x section to be your terminal tippet.
I definitely wouldn't go 3x to 6x--I wouldn't trust the knot if nothing else. I just don't use a lot of 6x for what I do, so I'm generally fine limited myself to 4x/5x. (Or just cutting back the 4x and going to 6x from there, if needed.)
I found that stepping down the tippets in order is a crucial part of keeping the three fly rigs from tangling especially when you may have to make a presentation at distance. The sz 16 spider is on 2x, softhacle on 3x, bead on 4x. Often the bead is on the 3x and something swims behind on 4. I think I was planning on running a stimulator but went with the black fly instead which worked fine.
Your pretty brave throwing 3 flies. I have some problems with two in the wind. I'd have to be half nuts to throw 3 flies. And the way I tie set ups I'd never get 3 flies tied up.
have a friend with Parkinsons...his hands shake so bad it is really tough for him to tie, so he uses Rio fly clips, makes changing flies much easier for himWhen I Spey fished, I used to tie up my own tapered leaders. But since I shake worse now, I just buy my tapered leaders. That saves me from getting frustrated when things don't go right. And things don't always go right when tying on a fly. Plus my fingers don't listen to my brain. But if I didn't laugh at myself, I'd probably just cry. It takes me about 5 minutes to tie on a fly. But I stick with it.
That’s a fascinating website.Global fly fisher has a web version now.
I still use the excel version they distributed that works well.
I thought a lot of those guys got away from using floro bite tippet. Are you still using it/what’s your experience with it? I had one bite off on 80lb floro, went to wire and haven’t gone back.
Never been broken off....yet. Brad says he has one bite off for every 100 fish. I've chatted with him in detail on this, he still sticks w fluoro...his is an opinion I trust. I'm not overly concerned since all of my flies are single barbless hooks and will slide right out. I've always felt I get a few more eats with fluoro than wire as well. That said, I do go back and forth on it at times, but always end up back with fluoro.
I’ve done that for big game leaders. I use knot sense, myself. Massage it into the knot and hit it with a light. It’s a bit more flexible.
One of the reasons I run 20+ feet of chameleon between my fly line and when I start my indi and leader knots.
I started with 20' of the 20# chameleon, then 10', but just didn't care for the feel of it. Since I cut It down to 5' and spliced in a piece of 15# to step it down in front a while back I have more fly control.
