Vest week #4: The Tippet Holder

This week we are going to review what you need on your fishing vest, if you wear one. Your vest is like you, and we are all different, there is the “Worried” who is going to carry everything he might need, from toilet paper, to all the tippets availables, a thermometer, all the gadgets he can buy from a fly shop (don’t laugh, we all did it at the beginning) and the “Light fisherman”, who probably only has a nippet and a 5X tippet. In between those two, there are all those little things we need, they are compulsory to your fishing gear! Without them, you can’t really fish. Of course that selection is for fresh water. So here’s what you need on your vest to be a real fly fisher!

The Tippet Holder! That too you shall wear on your vest! Before we all used to have random reels of tippet in our pockets. Usualy X5 and 6X, but with time we needed to get organized. Some of us managed to make a loop of twine and carry a few more reels. But now, it’s almost compulsory to have a tippet holder, one you can put up to 6 numbers of tippets. There are two kinds, maybe three. The first one that you can often make yourself, concist on a twine, or even better an elastic cord, with a carabiner to hook it up (that’s the one I carry). Than you have a T shape tippet holder, made of metal or strong plastic, very light, very handy and allows to use on tippet number without having all the other to turn at the same time (very agitating), you also can have the same model with a round base.