I guess your talking about southern resivoir there.
Since you can let the fish run a long way in there tippet shouldn’t be an issue. I’ve caught 6 pounders on 3 pound tippet .
I’ll be fly fishing most weekends this winter. I’ll be having a go in the salt after flounder, barracuda and shark. But mainly targeting winter run rainbows and hopefully browns.
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