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Examples of tippet
tippet
Tippet had grown up, a regular knockabout at the park just a few years earlier.
From the learning.blogs.nytimes.com
Their summer walking out dresses were dull lilac cotton with a small cape or tippet.
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The tradeoff is losing more flies in the brush than with a stouter tippet.
From the denverpost.com
Then you'll need your fur tippet, a crinoline, muffler and a chaperone.
From the independent.co.uk
A minute later I pulled my fly from the water and inspected the 20-pound tippet and knot.
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A 2X tippet, good for bass fishing, is about 8 pound, a 6X about 3 pound and a 9X about 1 pound.
From the freep.com
Then I downsized to a size-22 black midge on a 7X tippet, a combination the fish found agreeable.
From the courier-journal.com
Allbaugh uses an intermediate sinking line and a 9-foot leader that includes a 20-22 inch tippet.
From the post-gazette.com
A good baseline is 4X tippet, which is about 5-pound breaking strain, depending on the manufacturer.
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- A woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten
- A tippet is a stole or scarf-like narrow piece of clothing, worn around the arms and above the elbow. They evolved in the fourteenth century from long sleeves and typically had one end hanging down to the knees. ...
- The end section of a tapered leader; the smallest diameter section of a tapered leader; the fly is tied onto the tippet.
- I think a tippet is a very small thing that just goes around the neck and hangs down a little. But it's possible that "tippet" is another word for "short cloak". I'm still investigating this term.
- A broad black scarf worn by Anglican clergy in choir over the surplice.*
- A long cloth, about a foot wide, used on top of the running planks on a narrow boat to protect the top cloth.
- Pendant streamer from the hood or from the arm; also a shoulder cape.
- The thin portion of monofilament at the tip of a leader system that is level in diameter, and attaches to the fly.
- A long, narrow, pendent part of a sleeve or hood (6)
