>>1337148>>1337124>>1337129>>1337150>recommending 5x and 6x tippet as general purposeokay so here's how it works. you size your tippet to the fly, fish, and rod. i start by establishing a maximum and minimum, since we're on about a 6 weight, it can handle down to 6x tippet and still feel like the rod is bending a little, then for a maximum i wouldn't want to use more than 2x because breaking any more than 10 pound test on a 6 weight i would get worried about breaking the rod instead of the line, but on a 10 weight i wouldn't use tippet smaller than 1x and i would use a leader as strong as 25 pounds without hesitation. now then, lets say you're fishing a nymph or dry fly between size 20 and size 14, you could get away with 5x or 6x tippet, for 16-12 your 5x tippet will be great, for size 12-8 you might want to bump up to 4x tippet. then you start gettting in to streamers, small streamers (10-6) 4x or 3x tippet is fine, once you get up to about a size 4 you might want to go up to a 3x or 2x tippet, and then lastly when you get in to bass bugs 2x tippet all the way. and then for leader length, that's all situational. a 9 foot leader is considered the standard, but if you start fishing for carp you might want to bump up to a 10-12 foot leader, for bass i've caught fish on leaders as short at 5 feet but i'd say 7 feet is more ideal. if you are using a sink tip line i seldom use a leader longer than 4 feet.
>>1337161up by lake erie there are smallies in the rivers, then steelhead and sometimes salmon in the rivers in fall winter and spring (check the dnr website they should tell you what rivers are near by and worth fishing) some parts of PA have trout, there will be the usual bass and sunfish, walleye, esox, catfish, just general warmwater species plus a few cool and cold water species
