I'm going to have to fish a 7/8wt rod and an 8wt line until a new line arrives for a 5wt. I would normally fish 7/8lb bs tippet minimum and not lower than a size14 hook with that setup. What do you reckon is the lowest bs tippet and hook size you can go down to with it?

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Don't take this as Gospel but I find I can manage to go as low as 5lb fluo tippet with an 8 weight, but that is as low as I would go personally with that outfit.

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Sorry forgot to mention hook/fly size 14 is the smallest I would use.

Old adage.In general.Don't go more or less than 2lb from the line rating.IE:- 8#=6lb to 10lb.

Jim

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Thank you both. A good rule of thumb - I'll remember that (I hope).

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Maybe a daft question. But would that matter if it were mono or fluoro? Just asking because of the difference in diameter.

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This was tabled in the day's when there was only Mono and the X system.But I think it is still a good rule of thumb.The x system still applies.(which is to do with diameter rather than BS)

Jim

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"+1" here. That's the US general 'rule of the thumb.

fae

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I'd never heard of this , but it does seem logical.. Something else learned via the forum. I think I will adopt this rule in future.

With our modern leader materials I am often fishing with 10lb ++ bs ,thats on a 5/6 outfit,its the same diameter as the 1970s nylons I used back then ,Winfeild the Woolworths brand was a favorite ,quietly recommended to me by Arthur Cove one rather damp afternoon when he was delivering maggots to Hardy's shop on Pall Mall .Saved me a few pennies back then

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doesn't really matter about the line weight etc, it's down to how you fish, I personally dont go lower than 6lb due to being heavy handed, but my mate fishes 4lb all the time with this line weight and lands HUGE fish regularly.