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Stockard CUSTOMER SERVICE Your Account Shipping Returns Order by Fax or Phone Special Orders International Help Email Us 877-FLY-TYING 877-359-8946 860-927-1100		Home > Line, Leader & Tippet > Leader, Tippet, Backing > LL-295020-0000 Product Details Mini Tippet Rings by: Niche Products SKU: LL-295020-0000 Select size black nickel - 3 mm - new! black nickel - 2 mm - new! nickel silver - 2 mm nickel silver - 3 mm Product Overview: These nickel alloy rings are very small, totally smooth and seamless connectors between your leader and tippet. Tie one on the end of your leader, then tie the tippet onto the ring These rings make changing or replacing tippet easy without nibbling away at the leader. They really have caught on among competitive fly fishers, because of the speed and ease with which tippet can be changed. May be used on any leader system and are excellent for tying droppers. Though light enough to fish dry flies and midges on 7X tippets, they will handle any load your leader and tippet will bear. Available in nickel silver and now in black nickel for deep lake and open water use; choose from 2 mm for light to medium leader or 3 mm size for heavy leader and tippet. Made in England, 20 rings per package. Starting at: $6.55 Customer Reviews     Write an online review and share your thoughts with other fly fishers!   Avg. Customer Review: Number Of Reviews: 5 969 of 1312 people found the following review helpful: Great for cold hands 08/06/2008 Reviewer: B.J. from Potter County, PA These things are a day saver when trying to change tippet with numb fingers while steelheading. They also make it really easy to attach a much lighter tippet than usual to a heavier leader and not have to worry about your knot slipping. Was this review helpful to you? 1066 of 1645 people found the following review helpful: Time and convenience: Tippet Rings 00/00/0000 Reviewer: Sorin Comsa (sorincomsa@yahoo.ca) from Aurora, Ontario CA As far as I know these rings were "borrowed" from the coarse fishing competitions in Europe. I first saw them in a book written by two Czech champions and in 2004 I had the chance to buy and try them at the World Fly Fishing Championships in Slovakia. I haven't fished without them ever since. The idea is that you can use a ring to join very fast two pieces of leader and/or the leader and the tippet, even if there is a big difference in diameter (i.e. 0X and 6X). Usually the tippet is a 6X and that needs to be replaced quite often. An improved clinch knot and away you go. Time is really expensive in a competition. For non-competitors it provides (a lot of) convenience. Try it once and you'll never go without it. Then drop me an email to say thanks, or swear, or anything, at sorincomsa@yahoo.ca PS - One advice: as soon as you get the rings split them in sets of 5 and place them on safety pins. When you want to tie on a ring, pass the line through the ring, tie the clinch knot, clip the end of the line, and only AFTER that take the ring out from the safety pin. Then you can tie the ring to the second piece of line. Tight Lines! Was this review helpful to you? 336 of 694 people found the following review helpful: Pleasantly surprised 00/00/0000 Reviewer: A viewer from Greenville, SC US I bought these tippet rings and after a bit of reluctance tied one on to a tippet that went to a single dry fly. I was expecting it to pull the dry fly under but it didn't. I was impressed and more inclined to change my tippet when I needed to (4x that day). Was this review helpful to you? 338 of 664 people found the following review helpful: Droppers are easy 00/00/0000 Reviewer: Luke from Bethany, MO US I use a lot of two and three fly rigs and these tippet rings make doing this much easier. I'll put one of these at the end of my leader and tie a 6 inch and a 12-20 inch piece of tippet to the ring. The 6 inch piece is used for the top dropper and the 12-20 inch piece is used for the point fly. The ring makes it easy to replace whole sections without having to replace the whole rig. Was this review helpful to you? 254 of 526 people found the following review helpful: Wow 00/00/0000 Reviewer: Curtis Tripke (ctious@yahoo.com) from Fond Du Lac, WI US I bought these to see if they would hold up to heavier fish... Steelhead..... Well i just got them in and tested to see how strong they are.... if they could take the load... tied 10lb tippet to it on both sides.... no problem.. broke the tippet.. 12lb broke the tippet again.. no signs of bending... was going to do 15lb but i am out..lol... but from the looks, these things would go all the way to 20lb... Only thing i wish is that they were 3mm ring... 2mm is hard to work with when your using heavier lines.... But over all glad i bought them... Was this review helpful to you?

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