Today I kept noticing that my tippet wasn't anywhere near as strong as it should be. Fish after fish breaking off costing me flies, wool, and time to retie each time. Had the life of my seagar 2 lb tippet that I respool onto a tippet spool finally reached a shelf life? After all the bragging about it lasting forever? When I got home I pulled the spool outa the tippet holder and right away I knew what happened. It was almost empty so I was actually using what was left from the original spool. You know the stuff they sell everywhere for ungodly prices. I don't want to bash a flyfishing company but they are doing something to tippet that limits the shelf life. I've seen it over and over. Its why I switched to using bulk conventional fluro. Friends of mine have notice this as well.
I've got a 2000 yard filler spool of 2 lb fluro seagar that I've had for at least 5 years. I bought it from eBay and it had dust on it when I got it. It's just as strong today as the day I bought it. You can leave it in water, sun, cold , ice, heat, and nothing hurts it. So why does tippet start to deteriorate?
Doesn't really matter I guess. I just respelled about 250 yards onto my tippet spool so it'll be a couple years or more before I'll question my tippet again....
