Umpqua Tippet Material

Review Date
June 13, 2002

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Reviewed by: Bill Beaver(Unregistered User) ,  50+ days a year , from Gainesville, FL USA

Price Paid:  $3.00 at cabela's

Body of Water:
Lake Talquin

Favorite City:
Quincy

Favorite State:
FL

Favorite Country:
USE

Summary:
Disappointed with durability-forced to changed tippets much sooner then situation would normally require

Weaknesses:
durability-abrasive resistance

Similar Products Used:
Cabela's, Maxium, Rio

Review Date
June 24, 2001

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Reviewed by: Anonymous User(Unregistered User) ,  50+ days a year , from Aussie

Price Paid:  $3.00 at Temuka fish and tackle

Body of Water:
Snowk Ck

Favorite City:
Albury

Favorite State:
NSW

Favorite Country:
Australia

Summary:
Umpqua has been let down by this product and should probably fix its UV stabelisation techniques. I guess a good a place as any is here in Australia ( Bring it on Umpqua). This tippet really lets the team down especialy against the new deciever range which is fantastic.

Strengths:
hmmmmmmmmm not many sorry apart from its package I guess I could floss with it !

Weaknesses:
Breaks down within 1 hr of use here in Australia due to extreme UV rays. Wont hold a knot

Customer Service:
not tried

Similar Products Used:
none that i could think of

Review Date
December 23, 2000

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Reviewed by: Anonymous User(Unregistered User) ,  40 days a year , from calgary

Price Paid:  $3.00

Body of Water:
mtn.lakes,small streams

Favorite State:
b.c.

Summary:
a very poor product

Strengths:
good reel design to hold tippet

Weaknesses:
tippet material becomes very weak when exposed to water and sunlight for only a few hours. gets positively rotten after 24 hours

Similar Products Used:
rio,orvis,climax

Review Date
December 13, 2000

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Reviewed by: Anonymous User(Unregistered User) ,  10 days a year , from Alexandria, VA

Price Paid:  $4.00 at altrec.com

Body of Water:
Shenandoah Brooks

Summary:
Cheap, reasonable quality tippet, there are much better around(if your willing to pay)

Strengths:
Reasonably priced, nice usable dispenser(I like the Umpqua tippet dispensers because they lock together-nice if you carry a range of sizes)

Weaknesses:
Stiff, not very piable. I bought this after I'd tried the Umpqua Deceiver. No comparison, once you go to the good stuff, you'll never go back. Though it's expensive, the Deceiver is much easier to tye knots with, tangles less in the brush, tangles less in my pocket, and as billed, is nearly invisible to those little trout(not that brookies are particular in some streams). For the price, the Umpqua tippet produces well though.

Customer Service:
I haven't used Umpqua's custoner service yet. Altrec's was poor. I ordered 7x, they sent 4x. In order to get the 7x I wanted I'd have to return the 4x (they would pay for shipping, but I'd still have to go by the post office, I bailed - its cheaper for me to go by it in person- should have known to stick with a local shop).

Similar Products Used:
Umpqua Deceiver(much nicer)