Bioline Biodegradable Fly Fishing Tippet

Customer Reviews

. It's supple, casts well,, ties well, and has none of the drawbacks of flouro. While it does not always want to float a dry, you can use a dessicant on it quite readily, and it floats in the film, opposed to having a big glowing snake on the surface. Review by Jeremy

Product Rating

I'm genuinely impressed with not only the performance and castability of the material, but the amount of stretch in comparison to diameter is just about as perfect as you can get when it comes to light tippets.

I was breaking fish off on 6x standard, then reminded myself that I wanted to try the BioLine. After that point, no break-offs. I've got a pretty heavy handed hookset, and often have to remind myself I'm fishing light.

The knots with BioLine are no different than any other mono, and the strangth of knots is no different. I will say that tying a double surgeons is a little touchy with it, it seemed slightly more inclined to heat up from the friction. Making sure that it was nice and wet helped that out immensly.
Overall, I'm genuinely pleased with it thus far, and will use it without a doubt through the year. It is something that I really wouldn't mind seeing become a norm. It makes sense to have. Think of the possibility of having no mono on the shores of our lakes and streams ever again, that would be incredible...

Drawbacks.

• The first is that it is relatively expensive in tippet spool, at right around $10. That's close to three times the cost of regular mono tippet, and about 1.5 times the cost of Flouro.
• The second is that the product, once open to the environment is in need of replacement after about 12 months. So you're going to get hit with that "initial investment" on an annual basis at the very least. I can go through a couple spools of everything from 3x to 5x every year, so the cost can be prohibitive.
• The third, it isn't available on a wide scale basis. If you find that you really like the performance of the product (which I do, and will continue to use) and are running low, you have VERY limited places to get it
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Conclusion:
Even with the drawbacks, which are minor in my take, the overall idea of the product is enough for me to use it. The fact that it performs as well, if not better than, more common brands is something that makes me happy. Overall the product is quite good, and I'd really recommend it to anyone that fishes. It's worth it to our lakes and rivers.

Anyhow, there it is, my honest feedback after several pretty hard fishing days in NE and CO with it. I'm hung on it, for quite a few reasons. It's supple, casts well,, ties well, and has none of the drawbacks of flouro. While it does not always want to float a dry, you can use a dessicant on it quite readily, and it floats in the film, opposed to having a big glowing snake on the surface. (Posted on 3/2/09)