$8.45
30More competition anglers and top pro guides use STROFT than any other brand.
STROFT® is a monofilament nylon that has been formulated and treated during production to produce a high-strength, controlled-stretch, material. A typical example is the 0.20 mm (.008inch, 3X) STROFT® with a strength of 4.20 kg (9.2 lbs).
This is 30% stronger than some other popular high-strength nylons.
STROFT® also provides superior knot strength.
STROFT® GTM is produced using a multi-level tempering (heat-treatment) process to remove material stresses formed during extrusion, cooling, and drawing.
I am a retired surgeon and as such I used a lot of sutures to repair and tie up all sorts of tissue. The best suture was the smallest you could use that had the best strength. It had to be easy to tie and not coil or curl. And most of all it needed to be secure and not untie or break. In 50 years of fishing I have never used a better leader or tippet then Stroft. It is superior in size to strength, ease and security of tying all knots than any monofilament or fibrocarbon fiber I have ever used. Stroft=Superior. Taylor Floyd
I've been using Stroft GTM tippet for the last 10 years. It's unbelievably strong, supple enough to handle the tiniest flies, fishes equally effectively on the surface and subsurface, and has just enough stiffness to support good presentations and long casts. I can't imagine using any other tippet, frankly.
Given that the company is literally as far away from here (Maine, U.S.A.) as you can possibly get (while still remaining on the planet), The order arrived promptly and in good shape. I will look forward to using/testing the tippet material once the snow melts and the rivers warm up a tad.
For its diameter the strongest tippet material there is.
This STROFT mono trace line is superb - 6.6lb and only 0.16mm diameter. It is my everyday tippet, but I have a 0.14mm and a 0.18 for the extremes that sometimes appear. Tina at Epic was great to deal with, and the line arrived the next day. Will certainly be going back....