tippet

Example Sentences

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“I quickly raised my rod, hoping I would not snap the 5X tippet against his moving weight.”

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

He wears a fine fur tippet about his shoulders and a brown cap; for the time, his dress is strikingly plain.

From Economist • Jul. 30, 2015

Step 2: Using your right hand, pass the standing portion of the tippet and the tag end of the main line together through the loop three times.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today, the order is reversed, and dropper flies are tied on an 18- to 24-inch section of smaller-diameter tippet attached to the bend of the first fly�s hook with an improved clinch knot.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pair of long white gloves lay draped with the fur tippet over a chair arm.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck