Very impressed with the performance of this new, Absolute Saltwater Supreme Fluorocarbon Tippet! Bought a spool of 20 lbs to try out on big, wild, BC Steelhead in the Fall. I was a little doubtful at first because the tippet is slightly thinner for its tensile strength than all my other 20# tippet I have used for years. However, the first time I knotted my big Intruder-style fly with this material, I knew my knot seated better than the other materials and brands that I have in my kit bag. Whatever they coat it with just make seating your knots super smooth and secure. I was also impressed with not just the knot strength but the tensile strength as it was pretty hard to break your fly off when you got it stuck in rocks/wood while swinging flies. Most of the time, I got my fly back with a bent hook! Never had any tippet failures the entire 2 weeks of fishing hard everyday, all day. I would say that this Absolute Saltwater Supreme Fluorocarbon Tippet is worth the few extra bucks when it comes to fishing for big game -which I very much consider three foot, anadromous trout as big game! I’m looking forward to trying the smaller sizes for my streamer fishing in Montana.
