When swinging flies I like to attach a tippet of 10 lb. test Maxima ultragreen to the end of my MOW tips by making a double surgeons loop and looping it to the loop on the tip. But this relatively thin mono can cut into the factory loop on the sink-tip and shorten its life.
The solution is to make a short junction of heavier mono (25-30 lb. test) which will protect the factory loop from excessive wear. Then you just loop your lighter tippet to the end of the "junction section".
I like to do this with 30 lb mono braid.4 inches of braid with 1 inch pulled in at each end makes a 2 inch junction.A couple of drops of zap and your off. It is a lot thicker than the mono and the wear is all but non existent on the factory loop.
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I've been doing this for years. I ve tried the bungie but thought there was too much stretch where the mono has just the right amount of stretch to help in the take
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