Flourocarbon tippet worth it?
I know this subject has been discussed in the past, however, it's been a few years and would like to revisit the subject since we all have a few more years experience under our belt.
I'd like to limit the discusson to trout (hence the trout forum) and nymphing because my main and only concern is the line's ability to allow you to catch more fish due to it's highly acclaimed refractive index approaching that of water. Bottom line, if it doesn't offer the advantage to catch/land more fish, I'll save the extra $10 bucks for some other piece of equipment.
I honesty have not encountered a situation where I can conclusively say yea or nea based upon my catch rate on any give day. Seems to me you'd need to have simultaneaous fishing and identical setups, identical drifts starting with identical casts and... nearly impossible in my mind. With nothing more than a mask, I can tell you I can clearly see both under water. So this "invisibility" factor has me scratching my head.
I would really like to hear from real world experience, not what's listed on the box as advantages. So we can skip all the other "advantages/disadvantages" inherant in the line and focus on does it help in catching/landing more fish by outperforming mono based upon your experience.
In general, every fly fisherman I know or guide I've fished with that fishes clear trout water uses flouro. I would think if you're guiding, there's no reason to incur additional costs unless you're confident it helps your business. And if your business is catching fish...
You have a experience to share?
fly: Very light artificial fly fishing lure of which there are two types: the dry fly which isn't supposed to sink the way it just did; and the wet fly, which shouldn't be floating up on the surface like that. An Angler's Dictionary.
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