How to Use a Tippet Ring

Producer: Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing

“What’s a tippet ring and how do you use one? Tippet rings are small polished metal rings used for fly-fishing leaders that allow you to tie on a new tippet without losing any material on your leader so you don’t shorten your leader every time you tie on a new tippet. They are also great for tying together two sections of greatly different diameters, or for tying nylon to fluorocarbon. And the cool thing is you never need to tie a blood knot–all you need to tie is clinch knots!”