Chuck,
Sounds like you have some bad tippet material.
I use 6X most of the time seldom have a break off.
Tony
--- Chuck Alexander
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Folks: We have been talking about tippet material,
> and I have a question... I have a roll of Orvis 6X
> 3.5 pound test .005 diameter tippet.. It "rolls
> over" well for me, but when I take a piece and pull,
> it just is soo small, it snaps with very little
> power to break it. I know that fish "weigh" a lot
> less in water, than if you were pulling them in on
> land. But, does anybody lose a lot of fish with this
> small (6X) tippet??? or Not?? I have just started
> using a 4 pound "mono" line, that is much harder to
> break, but does NOT "turn over" as easy, at least
> not for me it don't.. Thanks in advance, Chuck
> 


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