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

Fishing with a 22-inch popper, Chittum shattered the world fly-rod record for "doggies" on 16-pound tippet.

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

She unwound her traveling veils and threw off her fur tippet.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck