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

TroutHunter, 208-558-9900; trouthunt.com Next Best Silver Creek, Picabo, Idaho Don't play around in these S-curves when the Callibaetis are hatching unless you know how to handle long leaders and light tippet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their original plan was to catch and release a tiger shark on 20 lb. tippet, but their scent line attracted the huge lemon shark first.

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